It was meant to be an experience of a lifetime, but for one young man, his life tragically ended after he was killed, along with his instructor during a skydiving accident in Sydney's south west.
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The man, aged in his 20s was on a tandem skydive with an experienced instructor aged in his 60s, when they crash landed onto the driveway of a rural property on Wilton Road, Wilton one kilometre from the designated landing site at Sydney Skydivers.
It's understood the pair were part of a group of sky divers that took off from the local skydive centre on Picton Road. The rest of the group landed safely.
A local resident raised the alarm about the accident just after 2pm on Saturday.
Colombian tourist, Catalina Granados, who is holidaying in Sydney, was in the last group to jump for the day and said she was shocked to hear about the incident.
"They didn't tell us when it happened, they made us wait around three hours and they told us what happened when were were back in Sydney," Ms Granados said.
"After we changed our clothes, all the instructors were called to go somewhere else ... but we didn't know anything."
Ms Granados had jumped just 20 minutes before the accident occurred.
She was flooded with messages from family and friends on social media concerned for her welfare.
"We are fine!! Thank God all of us went well!! 20 minutes after our landing happened this unfortunate accident... we are fine!!", she posted.
Another skydiver in an earlier group told Fairfax Media that concerns about the wind directions were raised before their jump, but her jump was straightforward.
Weather conditions at the time of the accident were partly cloudy with winds W/SW 15 to 25 km/h.
A crime scene has been established and investigations into the incident are underway. It's understood the men died on impact.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
