ALL RIGHT. JACKIE, REPORTING LIVE FOR US IN WASHINGTON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. WELL, ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE FOLSOM PRO RODEO, A SKYDIVING ENTRANCE ENDED IN A CRASH AS HUNDREDS WERE WATCHING. THE VIDEO STARTS AS SKYDIVER IS COMING DOWN. THE RODEO HAS FEATURED A SKYDIVER WITH A LARGE WEIGHTED FLAG AT THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR YEARS. SUDDENLY, THE FLAG APPEARS TO GET STUCK ON A TREE AND SENDING THAT SKYDIVER CRASHING FACE DOWN. WE ARE STILL WORKING THIS MORNING TO GET THAT SKYDIVERS CONDITION, AND TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE ELSE WAS HURT, BUT WE DO WANT TO SHOW YOU A COMPARISON. SO THIS IS HOW THE LANDING IS SUPPOSED TO GO. THIS IS SOME VIDEO FROM THE 2016 RODEO. FROM THE AIR, YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW SM
Video: Skydiver crashes near crowd ahead of California rodeo event
A skydiver crashed while descending into a stadium on the opening night of the sold out Folsom Pro Rodeo in California.An American flag attached to the performer appears to have snagged on a tree, video shows, causing him to crash right next to attendees and onto a tent.Folsom Pro Rodeo has featured a performer landing by parachute bearing a weighted flag for years. Hearst Television’s KCRA 3 is working to gather information on the parachutist’s condition and whether anyone else was injured.The Folsom Pro Rodeo is a massive, multi-day Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association event held in Folsom, California. Now in its 65th year, the rodeo honors the region’s western heritage with traditional bull riding, barrel racing, mutton busting, trick roping and a rodeo clown.
A skydiver crashed while descending into a stadium on the opening night of the sold out Folsom Pro Rodeo in California.
An American flag attached to the performer appears to have snagged on a tree, video shows, causing him to crash right next to attendees and onto a tent.
Folsom Pro Rodeo has featured a performer landing by parachute bearing a weighted flag for years.
Hearst Television’s KCRA 3 is working to gather information on the parachutist’s condition and whether anyone else was injured.
The Folsom Pro Rodeo is a massive, multi-day Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association event held in Folsom, California.
Now in its 65th year, the rodeo honors the region’s western heritage with traditional bull riding, barrel racing, mutton busting, trick roping and a rodeo clown.
