The Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team Tue Dec 3, 2013 10:48 PM 
 
 Two skydivers were killed and one was injured following a mid-air collision late Tuesday afternoon in Eloy, officials said. 
 
 The collision occurred about 200 feet from the ground and caused the skydivers’ parachutes to collapse as they fell, according to Eloy Police Sgt. Brian Jerome. 
 
 One person died at the scene and another died at a nearby hospital. A third was flown to Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix for treatment. 
 
 Jerome said the deceased were not American, but he declined to name their countries of origin. 
 
 Investigators are still trying to determine how the collision occurred and plan to interview witnesses throughout the night, Jerome added. 
 
 Officials said the skydivers had been part of a 200-member group participating in a week-long event at Skydive Arizona, which operates near Eloy Municipal Airport. 
 
 The group had been working to create “as many new ‘official’ world sequential records as we can” by Friday, according to a website promoting Square1 World Sequential Series ‘13. 
 
 Eloy is about 15 miles southeast of Casa Grande. ||||| ELOY, AZ - Two skydivers were killed Tuesday night after colliding in the air over Eloy. 
 
 Eloy police Sgt. Brian Jerome said the accident happened around 4:51 p.m.at Skydive Arizona. 
 
 Jerome said one person was dead when authorities arrived on scene and a second died at a local hospital. 
 
 According to Jerome, witnesses told investigators that both skydivers had open canopies when they ran into each other about 200 to 300 feet above the ground. After they collided, their canopies collapsed and they fell to the ground. 
 
 
 
 A third skydiver was injured but police say that skydiver was not involved in the collision and the injuries are not believed to be serious. 
 
 The cause of the collision is under investigation. Police have not yet released names of any of the people involved. 
 
 The collision occurred at Skydive Arizona, a training facility that operates out of the Eloy Municipal Airport, about 60 miles south of Phoenix. Its website says it's the largest drop zone in the world, for skydivers of all skill levels. 
 
 Dozens of women gathered at the site Saturday to break the world record for an all-female mass-formation jump. 
 
 
 
 Stay with ABC15 for updates.
– Two skydivers were killed and another injured last night in a midair collision involving members of a group trying to smash formation skydiving records in Arizona. Witnesses say the skydivers were 200 to 300 feet above the ground when they collided, causing them to fall to the ground as their canopies collapsed, a police spokesman tells ABC15. Officials say the two people killed were not American but they have not disclosed their nationalities. The skydivers were part of a 200- to 250-member group taking part in a week-long effort to break as many records as possible, reports the Arizona Republic. The collision happened at the Skydive Arizona facility where the world record for an all-female mass-formation jump was broken just a few days ago.