Ariz. responders try to save parachutist in power lines
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CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Authorities say a man died after parachuting from a cellphone tower at night and hitting high-voltage power lines.
Pinal County sheriff's Lt. Tamatha Villar says 23-year-old Darrell Dunafon and two friends broke into a cell tower site about 30 miles (48 kilometres) south of Phoenix on Friday night and were parachuting off the approximately 400-foot(122-meter)-tall antennae.
Dunafon's parachute tangled in nearby 12,000-volt power lines and he was shocked with a live wire.
Villar says the two friends called for help, and rescue crews turned off the power and cut Dunafon down. He had a slight pulse but was pronounced dead at a hospital in the nearby town of Casa Grande.
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