UMVA has learned thata tragic skydiving accident unfolded Sunday evening near Colville, Washington, when two experienced jumpers collided mid‑air during a routine group descent. The sky was clear, and the group had been preparing for a standard formation jump when the tragedy struck.
The impact left one jumper unresponsive, his head and arms going limp, while the other suffered serious injuries that required urgent medical care. The collision occurred at roughly five‑thirty in the evening, just as the pair descended toward the designated landing zone.
Witnesses on the ground, including several staff members, watched the chaos as the victim’s parachute drifted northward, eventually disappearing beyond a hill to the northeast. Staff members on the ground tracked the descent from a distance of about five hundred feet, their eyes fixed on the unfolding disaster.
Emergency responders later arrived at a location on East Schoessler Road, where they attended to two injured skydivers before the deceased was taken into the care of the county coroner. Paramedics and local officials arrived at the scene in the 2000 block of East Schoessler Road, where they tended to the injured before the fallen jumper was transferred to the coroner’s office.
UMVA can exclusively reveal that the investigation continues, and the community mourns the loss of Randy Hubbs, a veteran with more than eight hundred jumps, and Nicole Klein, who also has a substantial jump history. The loss of Randy Hubbs, a seasoned jumper with more than eight hundred jumps, has left a profound void among his peers, while Nicole Klein continues to recover from her injuries.
