Details Emerge After 2 Women Killed In Lake Elsinore Skydiving Accident

LAKE ELSINORE, CA — The two women killed Friday in skydiving accident in Lake Elsinore have been identified by authorities, and more is being learned about the duo.

The accident was reported at about 11:45 a.m. Friday in the airspace over Skydive Elsinore, near the intersection of Corydon Road and Cereal Street at the south end of the lake, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.

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Fire department crews responded to the area after receiving reports of the collision. They found 29-year-old Levi Pimentel of Illinois and 56-year-old Georgia Jean of South Dakota with life-threatening injuries after their parachutes became entangled on their approach to the ground. It was unclear whether either was conscious.

The women were taken to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar, where both died Friday afternoon.

"Eyewitnesses report that the freefall portion of the jump was normal and uneventful, and that both skydivers opened their parachutes at the expected altitude" Josh Hall of Skydive Elsinore said in a news release later in the day. "The two skydivers collided at approximately 150 feet above the ground. The collision caused their parachutes to become entangled, and both sustained critical injuries when they reached the ground."

Hall added that both women were experienced, licensed skydivers visiting from out of town to take part in an organized event at the facility.

Pimentel has spent nearly nine years employed at iFly Indoor Skydiving in Naperville in various roles, including lead trainer, lead instructor and flight instructor, according to her LinkedIn page.

She previously worked as a skydiving instructor at Sky Nights SPC, based in East Troy, Wisconsin, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Jean founded Circle Evolution, which "is the collaboration between conscious channel Georgia Jean and the non-physical collective The Circle of Light," according to the company's website. Jean said in a bio that she started skydiving in 2015 and had more than 1,700 jumps, according to abc7 Chicago.

As part of the Circle Evolution program, the company offered Extreme Sports Recovery after Jean's 2015 introduction to skydiving.

"... my adventures in skydiving have been A MASTER COURSE in challenging the control of the nervous system over my thinking and responding," Jean shared on the company's website. "Not only the thrill of the experience itself, and the rewards of a continual learning curve, but the incredible community and deep friendship of some of the kindest, funniest, dearest people I know on the planet, as well as the delights of traveling to different and unknown places to 'check out the view' and expand my sky family."

The Skydive Elsinore team has extended "its deepest condolences to the families, friends and loved ones of both skydivers, and is grieving alongside all those affected," the company shared.

Northeast winds were present all day in the Inland Empire on the day of the fatal accident, gusting to 20 mph near March Air Reserve Base, about 14 miles east of Lake Elsinore. It is unknown whether wind was a factor.

Skydive Elsinore operates out of an unpaved airfield that is used primarily by the business.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department said the Federal Aviation Administration was notified and was collecting the skydivers' parachutes for further investigation.

The U.S. Parachute Association reports that in 2025, members made 3.47 million skydives and there were 16 fatalities. The organization said 5.6% of members reported suffering an injury that required medical treatment, with the most common being ankle injuries during landings.