A Moab man died in a skydiving accident Sunday afternoon.
Spencer Connolley, age 23, “experienced a fast and hard landing” in the area used as a landing zone at the Canyonlands Field Airport in Moab, according to the Grand County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office is investigating the incident.
This is a developing story.
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