2 skydivers killed after parachutes get tangled in air
By The Associated Press
Posted 5:35AM on Wednesday, March 21, 2007
<p>Two skydivers fell 250 feet to their deaths in a weekend accident after they collided in the air and their parachute lines became entangled.</p><p>Authorities said Danny Page, 44, of Atlanta and Robert Hollar, 50, of Deland, Fla., died Saturday during an aerial exhibition held for St. Patrick's Day in Dublin, 55 miles east of Macon.</p><p>Sgt. Robbie Toney of the Laurens County Sheriff's Department said their deaths were "a freak accident."</p><p>Authorities said both men were experienced skydivers who had completed thousands of jumps.</p>