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NEPHI, Utah (AP) — Two skydivers are dead after their tandem parachutes apparently malfunctioned in central Utah.
Police chief Michael Morgan in Nephi, Utah, said Friday the two were on a recreational jump run by the company Sky Dive the Wasatch.
Police say in a statement the instructor and client died of their injuries at a hospital after jumping from the Cessna 182 plane Thursday evening.
They were identified as 35-year-old instructor Serena Whelchel of California and 41-year-old client Wendi Gabaldon of Tooele, Utah.
Police are investigating why the parachutes failed to function properly.
The skydiving company didn't immediately have immediate comment.
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