Bergen, NY — On Saturday at 12:05 P.M., Troopers responded to cornfield off Soper Road in the town of Perry for a skydiving accident.
Police say that Richard S. Cordaro, 68 of Bergen, flew out of Perry/Warsaw airport with three others. All four individuals jumped from the plane. The other three landed safely. Cordaro had over 45 years of skydiving experience.
Police believe Cordaro’s parachute opened normally but then became tangled. Troopers attempted life saving measures. Cordaro was pronounced dead at the scene.
Rochester Skydivers was the company involved in this incident.
