Back to the Top News Newsfeed

Skydiver wearing a wingsuit crashes, dies in California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The skydiver who fell to his death in a California vineyard was wearing a specialized jumpsuit that resembles a flying squirrel and undertaking an extreme but growing sport that can send people soaring through the air at speeds of more than 200 miles per hour.

Matthew Ciancio, 42, crashed Wednesday afternoon after undertaking a jump with the Lodi Parachute Center, about 30 miles south (48 kilometers) from Sacramento.

The Federal Aviation Administration was probing the crash site Thursday but the cause of the crash has yet to be determined.

Bill Dause, a spokesman for the Lodi Parachute Center, however, told the Sacramento Bee (http://bit.