One person is dead after a skydiving accident in Georgina, according to York Regional Police.

Police say the unidentified woman, who was in her late 20s, was killed after an accident involving her parachute. They received the call around 7:40 p.m. Saturday.

An ORNGE helicopter was called to the scene initially, but sent back after the victim was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS.

The victim was found on Old Homestead Rd., near Baldwin airport.

In an apparently unrelated accident, a man was found on Woodbine Ave. near Ravenshoe Rd., near Keswick, Ont., after injuring his leg in the crash of a parasailing-type apparatus, involving a parachute and a large fan.

Police say the man, a regular participant in this activity, was attempting to gain liftoff, but failed and was injured in the resulting crash. He was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Police were gathering further information in both incidents.

A person answering the phone at the Parachute School of Toronto, based at Baldwin Airport, refused to comment. Police would not confirm whether the victim was involved with the school, but said she was an experienced jumper.

The Parachute School bills itself as the only skydiving centre in the Greater Toronto Area, and says on its website “First jumps are our specialty.”

In July, 2013, Etobicoke resident Dmitry Zaytsev died in a crash landing after a solo jump from a Parachute School of Toronto plane that took off from Baldwin Airport.

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