Cause Of Nebraska Skydiver Death In Michigan Released

GRAND HAVEN, MICH.- A Michigan company that offers skydiving says a Nebraska man who died last weekend had no equipment problems but turned too close to the ground.

Skydive Grand Haven released a statement Wednesday, saying 33-year-old Paul Van Vuuren of Atlanta, Nebraska, was an experienced skydiver who had made hundreds of jumps. Skydive Grand Haven says the event at Grand Haven Memorial Airpark involved hundreds of licensed skydivers doing “high-performance maneuvers” with small, fast parachutes.

The company says it was a separate group and unrelated to its business.