(KMJ) – Investigators say extreme sports and MTV star Erik Roner died during a skydiving accident in Squaw Valley.
The Placer County Sheriff’s Department says the 39-year old died early Monday during a skydiving accident at a golf course.
Witnesses told deputies Roner was part of a group conducting a skydiving performance for a golf event, when he hit a tree while trying to land and became entangled high above ground.
He says authorities were not able to remove him from the tree and Roner was pronounced dead at the scene.
All the other skydivers landed safely.
Roner was known for being part of the Nitro Circus crew on MTV and was also an avid and accomplished skier.
