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BASE Jumper Fatally Injured In Stunt

Had Set His Parachute On Fire During The Jump

A BASE jumper who leaped from the Perrine Bridge in Idaho was fatally injured May 7.

USA Today reports that 73-year-old James Hickey apparently intentionally set his parachute on fire during the jump from the bridge over the snake river. His intent was to cut the burning parachute loose and deploy a reserve chute to finish the stunt. Other BASE jumpers had heard of Hickey successfully accomplishing the stunt in the past.

A video posted to YouTube last Monday shows two jumpers leaping from the bridge at about the same time. While one successfully deploys his canopy, the other becomes engulfed in flames and falls out of the camera view.

The Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office said that Hickey's parachute deployed too late. A coroner's report said Hickey was fatally injured by blunt force trauma.

(Perrine Bridge pictured in public domain photo)

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