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. 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. 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. 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.
– 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.