The woman who died alongside her skydiving instructor in a freak accident in the Inland Empire last Friday has been identified.
Kayla Kieko Black, 28, was pronounced deceased at a Riverside County hospital on Sunday, her father Bill Black confirmed to KTLA.
Black and her skydiving instructor, Devrey LaRiccia Chase, also 28, were caught in a pair of “dust devils” during a routine jump in Perris on Aug. 2, Chase’s husband Freddy told KTLA.
A “dust devil” is a small, rotating column of air that picks up dust and debris from the ground on hot days; while they resemble tornadoes, they are generally considered to be harmless, except in this circumstance.
“She missed the first one, and when she maneuvered around it, she hit the second one,” Freddy Chase, who himself is a skydiver with a large social media following, said. “At that point, she was about 25 to 3...