Ann Wick.Photo:Jeff Wallis/Facebook
Jeff Wallis/Facebook
A 55-year-old woman from Minnesota died in a skydiving incident in Arizona last week, authorities said.
TheEloy Police Departmentsaid the incident happened on Friday, Jan. 24, at Skydive Arizona, a skydiving facility in Eloy, and killed Ann Wick, of Minnesota.
The department said that officials were sent to Skydive Arizona around 4 p.m., local time following reports of a parachutist who experienced issues during a descent.
“Upon arrival,” Eloy Police said, “medical personnel located the individual and initiated life-saving measures. Unfortunately, the parachutist was pronounced dead at the scene.”
“The exact cause of death remains under investigation,” according to police, who also stated that the Federal Aviation Administration and other agencies will perform a thorough review of equipment, procedures and circumstances related to the incident.
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The company noted that eyewitnesses told them the free fall phase of the skydive “appeared normal, with the parachute deploying as expected.”
Wick had lived in Stillwater, Minn., for about the last 10 years, according to her brother Jeff Wallis, who added that she was a mother of two children, theMinnesota Star Tribunereported.
In a statement shared with ABC affiliateKSTP, Wallis said his sister was diagnosed with late stage 3 breast cancer sometime in 2010 and made a full recovery. He also said Wick started skydiving around the time she was pursuing her nursing degree.
“Ann was just settling into her career at United here in St. Paul,” Wallis added. “She was an avid outdoor activities lover. She had completed hundreds of successful jumps. We were just discussing trying to get the families together for a skiing outing, as we had done many times growing up.”
“We received the devastating news Friday night of her accident and we are all still just in disbelief. We know she earned her angels wings and is looking down on her family and many precious friends,” he said.
PEOPLE reached out to Wallis for comment on Jan. 28.
source: people.com
