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RCMP identify victim of fatal N.B. skydiving incident
The Canadian Press
Date: Monday Aug. 15, 2011 1:56 PM ET
NOTRE-DAME, N.B. RCMP have identified a man killed while skydiving Saturday afternoon in New Brunswick.
Police found the body of 34-year-old Darryl Deagle, of Notre-Dame in a field in that community, about 30 kilometres north of Moncton.
Police say the man was skydiving with a group of people at the time.
According to a police statement, an autopsy has revealed Deagle died of injuries consistent with a fall from a great height.
Greg MacBeth, a veteran skydiver and instructor with Skydive Moncton, says he inspected Deagle's parachute after the accident and found nothing wrong with it.
Police say while foul play is not suspected, they are continuing their investigation to determine exactly what happened.
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