Levi Pimentel, a 29-year-old Shoreland Lutheran High School graduate from Kenosha, was killed Nov. 6 in a skydiving accident in Lake Elsinore, California.

Pimentel and Georgia Jean, 56, of Box Elder, South Dakota, collided midair about 150 feet above the ground as they prepared to land, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office. The collision caused their parachutes to become entangled, and both women struck the ground with critical injuries, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

They were transported to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

The two were part of a group of 20 experienced female skydivers who jumped from an aircraft at approximately 12,500 feet, the Journal Sentinel reported. The group had been training to set a California record for the largest women's formation in an upright orientation, a type of skydiving in which participants appear to be sitting while in free fall, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Skydive Elsinore, the company that hosted the event, said there was no indication of equipment malfunction, according to ABC7. The free-fall portion of the jump and parachute deployments appeared normal, the company said.

The Federal Aviation Administration has been notified and is expected to collect the parachutes as part of an ongoing investigation, KTLA reported. Authorities have not announced a final determination about what caused the collision.

Kenosha school mourns alumna

Shoreland Lutheran High School in Kenosha shared a tribute to Pimentel on social media Nov. 9, identifying her as a member of the Class of 2015.

The school described her passing as a loss for the "Shoreland Lutheran family."

Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee also confirmed Pimentel attended the school from August 2015 to May 2017, according to a post on its alumni social media page. The college described Pimentel as "an experienced skydiver and instructor," the Journal Sentinel reported.

Pimentel had been living in Aurora, Illinois, and worked as a lead instructor at iFLY Indoor Skydiving in Naperville, Illinois, according to the Los Angeles Times. She had completed more than 600 jumps and in 2022 participated in a team that set a women's head-down skydiving world record, the Times reported, citing a WTVO News 34 report.

She had also planned to join 39 other women from 12 countries in Arizona in November 2026 in an attempt to set a world record for the largest women's upright formation, according to the Times.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office released coroner's reports Nov. 7 identifying both women.