PLT RPT REGARDING SKYDIVING INJURIES DURING JUMP OPS.

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CEILING 5700 FT BROKEN; 9000 FT BROKEN; LIGHT RAIN. NORMAL JUMP ALT 13500 FT -- IN THIS CASE 12000 FT TO REMAIN VFR. AROUND XA00 NOV/FRI/95; 4 SKYDIVERS WERE INJURED IN 2 SEPARATE AND UNRELATED INCIDENTS IN LOUISBURG; NC. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN 2 SKYDIVERS' PARACHUTES OPENED IN CLOSE PROX TO EACH OTHER WHICH RESULTED IN THE PHYSICAL CONTACT OF THE 2 SKYDIVERS. ONE SUFFERED A FRACTURE OF THE LOWER LEG; WAS TREATED AND TRANSPORTED TO A MEDICAL FACILITY. THE OTHER SUFFERED BRUISES; WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN 1 SKYDIVER OPENED HIS PARACHUTE HIGHER THAN THE NORMAL OPENING ALT AND THE OTHER SKYDIVER STILL IN FREEFALL STRUCK THE OPEN PARACHUTE. 1 SKYDIVER SUFFERED FRACTURES OF THE HIP; UPPER LEG AND LOWER LEG WAS TREATED AND TRANSPORTED TO A MEDICAL FACILITY. THE OTHER SKYDIVER SUFFERED THE MOST TRAGIC INJURY SEVERING HIS LOWER R LEG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE BROKEN CONDITIONS WERE SUCH THAT THEY COULD MAINTAIN CLOUD CLRNCS WHEN FLYING AND WHEN JUMPING. THE PROBS WERE ACTUALLY WITH THE JUMPERS; NOT THE PLT OR ACFT. THERE HAS BEEN AN INVESTIGATION AND RPTR WAS CLRED OF ANY PROBS. AS HE STATED; 1 JUMPER OPENED HIS PARACHUTE PRIOR TO REACHING ASSIGNED ALT AND THE FREE FALL JUMPER CAME DOWN FROM ABOVE. HE CAUGHT HIS LEG IN A LINE AND IT SEVERED. AS RPTR STATED; 'THIS WAS A VERY UNFORTUNATE DAY.' THE ACFT WAS A CASA.