A skydiver who had trained US Navy SEALs and completed more than 8,000 jumps died Saturday while attempting a dangerous maneuver during a competition near Los Angeles.
Sean Carey, 35, landed heavily in a pond while swooping -- which involves traveling just feet above the ground at high speeds -- in a competition with 15 others in Perris, Calif., The Press-Enterprise reported.
Carey was taken to a nearby hospital where he died.
Perris Valley Skydiving manager Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld said Carey was an experienced swooper. "This is his specialty," he said.
There have been 15 deaths at the skydiving center -- 60 miles southeast of Los Angeles -- since 2000, the newspaper reported, with six of them coming since 2011. Logs show there are about 140,000 jumps a year completed at the facility.
