Jasmine Pérez died after not opening her parachute in «base jumping»

• An adventure ended in tragedy for Jasmine Pérez.
• Jasmine Pérez’s parachute did not open when she was jumped from a tower in Puerto Rico.
• It was not the first time that Jasmine Pérez performed this type of jump.

An adventure ended in a tragic accident. A woman identified as Jasmine Pérez Rivera died on Monday when she fell into the void in Ciales, a municipality located in the north-central area of ​​Puerto Rico, after her parachute did not open while she was participating in a sport called base jumping.

The Police identified the victim as Jasmine M. Pérez Rivera, 44, who died at dawn on Monday, November 22, when her parachute didn’t open. According to the authorities, a call to 9-1-1 made at 12:46 local time alerted authorities that a person who had parachuted from a telecommunications tower on Highway 149 of the aforementioned municipality was injured, the Efe news agency reported.

The tragic end of Jasmine Pérez

Jasmine Pérez, a resident of Arecibo, a municipality on the north coast of Puerto Rico, was accompanied by two men participating in the extreme sport when she launched herself from the tower. There was a problem with her parachute and it did not open, so she fell into the void and died.

According to the Efe report, rescuers from the Emergency Management Office of Ciales, Morovis and Corozal worked together with a free fall team to lower a stretcher in order to recover her body from a cliff that was about 300 feet (100 meters).

Why did Jasmine Pérez jump at night?

Later, the body of Jasmine Pérez was transferred to the Forensic Sciences Institute in San Juan to carry out the autopsy. Agent Alexis Camacho, from the Puerto Rico Police Homicide Division, is in charge of the investigation, said the aforementioned news agency.

The newspaper Primera hora said that Jasmine Pérez made the night jump to celebrate one of her friends’ victory in a surfing competition. According to that newspaper, the woman, a old friend and an acquaintance (the winner) planned the extreme activity during the early morning hours.

Mayor sends message after death of Jasmine Pérez

Citing the authorities, Primera Hora reported on Monday that this was not the first jump that Jasmine Pérez executed, since she was experienced in extreme sports. She used to jump from various bridges and cliffs. In fact, videos of her adventures have already been released.

After the tragedy, the mayor of Ciales, Alexander Burgos Otero, expressed sadness over the event and made a plea through Primera Hora to people who practice extreme sports: “This is something new, something new that is happening in our municipality. I know that extreme sports are practiced, but parachuting is something new.” In turn, he added: “Ciales lends itself to these places, since everywhere we go we see beautiful views. We urge the public that if they practice or are fans of this sport to do so prudently and seek guidance from trained people.” In this sense, he emphasized that these activities must be carried out with experts and, «duly planned and organized.»

The victim was not a novice in extreme sports

El nuevo día also reviewed the tragic event and stated that Jasmine Pérez was not a novice in extreme sports, in fact, she was described as an «adventurous paratrooper» who was putting a feminine face on that discipline in Puerto Rico.

Ernesto Díaz, instructor and founder of the Skydive Puerto Rico skydiving school, told El Nuevo Día: “She is a friend. She is a paratrooper, mother, adventurer, clothing designer. A brave woman. The only woman who did BASE in Puerto Rico and had an unfortunate incident. Everyone who enters that sport, all of them, know that they may have to deal with that situation. They are aware that there is a possibility that they will die if it is not done correctly.»

Plane crashes in Nebraska and three are dead

A small plane crashed in northwestern Nebraska and three people died as a result. It happened near Chadron, Nebraska, the Star-Herald reported. Rescuers found the pilot and two passengers dead when they arrived at the scene. Several witnesses called the police to report a fireball or explosion on the outskirts of town, according to a statement from the Dawes County prosecutor’s office, according to the AP and Infobae.

Rescue crews found the aircraft in a rural area near the Chadron Municipal Airport. The authorities are investigating how the events occurred and determining who is responsible.

HOW ARE THE AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT?

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the aircraft crash. A spokesman, Peter Knudson, said that the Cessna T310R plane took off from the Chadron municipal airport and crashed just over a kilometer away. Authorities have not released the identities of the victims.

Very little information is available at this time, since the authorities are still looking for clues and evidence in the wreckage of the aircraft. This could take several hours. Rescue personnel went to the accident scene, but only to transfer the bodies to the forensic facilities where they will be autopsied.

WHAT DID PEOPLE REPORT TO 911?

According to witnesses, the scene was disturbing. Many people made calls to 911 and described the accident as a great “fireball” in the sky since the aircraft fell at extreme speed and was apparently already on fire. However, it will be up to the authorities to determine the cause of the plane crash.

So far, the victims have not been identified. Authorities will have to review the flight log, where the names of those on board the plane are registered. Meanwhile, agents of the National Transportation Safety Board continue working at the scene and have not given a more detailed report regarding the possible cause of the crash that killed three people.

AIR TRAGEDIES AROUND THE COUNTRY

On November 14, it was reported that four died on Saturday when the plane they were traveling in crashed on an island in Lake Michigan, authorities said. The twin-engine Britten-Norman crashed at an airport on Beaver Island, west of Mckinaw City, according to the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office. The identities of the occupants have not been released yet. An explanation of the circumstances of what happened has also not been provided.

The Coast Guard that watches over the Great Lakes region tweeted that members of an air crew transferred a man and an 11-year-old girl to a hospital in Petoskey. The twin-engine had taken off from Charlevoix, on Michigan’s lower peninsula, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement. The FAA said the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will participate in the investigation into the plane crash. Filed Under: Nebraska Plane Crashes

PLANE FALLS ON THE ROOF OF A HOUSE

In mid-October, two people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed into a home in northeastern Wisconsin, authorities said Sunday. Police in Ashland County received numerous calls to 911 around 2:40 p.m. on Saturday, with reports of the accident in the city of Marengo, located 130 kilometers (80 miles) from Duluth, Minnesota. No one on the ground was injured, authorities said.

The local police department said the victims are a 29-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman from Marengo. The police offered their, “deepest condolences to the families of the victims.” They said they will share more information with the public about this incident as it becomes available. The U.S. NTSB is investigating. For more details read this article.

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