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Police in Massachusetts say two skydivers have died after crashing into a building during a tandem jump on Cape Cod. Two skydivers died after crashing into a building during a tandem jump on Cape Cod, police said on Monday.
Barnstable police said the skydiving instructor and student died Sunday night, shortly after the crash near the Cape Cod Airfield. Andrew Munson, of Nantucket, and his instructor, Eldon Burrier, of West Lynnwood, Washington, died Sunday while skydiving at the Marstons Mills Airport in Barnstable.
Centerville fire captain Sean Greene told WBZ-TV that the pair landed on a building outside their designated landing area. Their identities were made public Monday by Cape and Island district attorney Michael O’Keefe and Barnstable police chief Paul McDonald.
Barnstable police sergeant David Myett told the Boston Globe that it’s unclear whether the skydivers’ equipment malfunctioned. He says the district attorney’s office will investigate their deaths. Munson, 29, and Burrier, 48, were involved in a tandem jump from a plane operated by Sky Dive Barnstable. They struck a shed on private property adjacent to the airport.
Centerville fire captain Sean Greene told WBZ-TV that the building was outside their designated landing area.
Barnstable police sergeant David Myett told the Boston Globe that it was unclear whether the skydivers’ equipment malfunctioned. He said the district attorney’s office will investigate their deaths.