Two injured in skydiving accident
Two men were critically injured in a skydiving accident near the Taft Airport in Taft California. The skydiving instructor and a student were making a tandem jump when their main chute failed to operate and they were apparently unable to deploy their reserve chute fully. Both men were reported in stable condition and expected to recover. Dave Chrouch, owner of Skydive Taft, said the two men were instructor Dave Wessels, 23, of Clovis, and a student whose first name is Alex, who lives in Southern California. Both suffered major head trauma and other injuries. Both were still unconscious in the intensive care unit at Kern Medical Center Monday morning Apr 30th. Wessels suffered a severely broken leg and the student suffered a broken pelvis. Both have concussions, but CAT scans showed no bleeding or other major trauma to their brains.
