A professional skier from Squaw Valley has died, after a skydiving accident in central California Tuesday afternoon.
According to officials, 27-year-old Timy Dutton died after a mid-air collision knocked him unconscious during a skydiving trip south of Sacramento.
Dutton was a freestyle skiing champion and a member of the Squaw Valley free-ski team.
Officials say Dutton was not wearing a typical safety device that is designed to open a skydiver's parachute if they fail to at a certain altitude.
The other skydiver survived but suffered a broken leg.
