Skip to main content
Partly Cloudy icon
66º

Florida woman killed in skydiving accident in upstate NY

Karen Bernard, 59, of Wildwood, dies when parachute malfunctions

File photo.

WESTFORD, N.Y. – A Florida woman was killed when her parachute malfunctioned as she was skydiving in upstate New York, police said.

Karen Bernard, 59, of Wildwood, was killed at around 9 a.m. Saturday when she jumped out of a plane to skydive in the central New York town of Westford, state police said in a news release.

Recommended Videos



[TRENDING: Fla. sued over unemployment benefits | System swirls off Fla. | Fauci: US headed in ‘wrong direction’]

Police said it appears that Bernard’s parachute malfunctioned.

An investigation is ongoing.


Loading...