Update: Skydiver rescued from high-tension lines in Lake Elsinore.
A skydiver rescued after she was tangled in high-tension power lines Monday in the Lake Elsinore area said she's thankful to be alive.in Riverside County and used a ladder truck to reach the skydiver. The skydiver was communicating with firefighters throughout the rescue refused medical treatment at the scene, authorities said.
The location is just south of the skydiving landing zone. The skydiver told NBCLA she was trying to avoid another power line as she descended toward the landing zone. "So I was trying to miss that power line, then I turned a hard right and then I went into the other power line," she said."I don't know if I'm going to jump again. Probably not."She was part of a group jump that originated from Skydive Elsinore, which operates a private airfield just a block north of where the victim got hung up.Witnesses said they heard the skydiver come into contact with the power lines.
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