Skydiver killed in Calif. after mid-air collision

Photo: Julien Boule This file photo shows a man skydiving in a wing-suit. A...

A Canadian skydiver died in Southern California after reportedly colliding with another jumper mid-air.

He was found unconscious Monday afternoon on the roof of a residence in Perris, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. He died at the scene, according to Cal Fire.

On Tuesday the Riverside County Coroner's Office identified the skydiver as Aime-Jean St. Hilaire-Adam, a 27-year-old resident of Calgary, Canada. More information was not immediately available.

A manager at the nearby Perris Valley Airport told CBS LA that St. Hilaire-Adam collided with a fellow diver in the air, knocking him unconscious and unable to deploy his parachute.

The manager said St. Hilaire-Adam was competing in an international competition in Perris, a hub for skydiving located about 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

The three-day-long Wide Open Wingsuit Series, a racing contest in which competitors wear high-performance wing-suits, kicked off in Perris on Saturday. Authorities have not indicated that St. Hilaire-Adam was a contestant and competition officials did not immediately return requests for comment.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.