LAS VEGAS – A “Flying Elvis” has died of severe injuries that included a broken pelvis suffered in a September skydiving mishap in Montana, a family member said.
Paul Moran, 52, of the Las Vegas-based “Flying Elvi” skydiving troupe, died Nov. 24 at HarborView Medical Center in Seattle, his half-sister, Jane Blacow, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal for a Saturday report.
Moran had been treated for internal injuries and broken bones, and Blacow said he had been on a respirator since the Sept. 29 mishap during the opening of the Glacier Peaks Casino in Browning, Mont.
“I don't think people realized how bad it was,” Blacow told the Review-Journal from her home in Stockton, Calif. “Everybody seemed to make a big joke out of it.”
Blacow said Moran, a building contractor in Stockton, had been a member of the Flying Elvi parachuting team for about 13 years. She said he was also a water skier and snowboarder.
Members of the troupe said at the time that Moran apparently misjudged the landing before hitting a concrete parking lot at an estimated 50 mph.
Paul Moran, 52, of the Las Vegas-based “Flying Elvi” skydiving troupe, died Nov. 24 at HarborView Medical Center in Seattle, his half-sister, Jane Blacow, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal for a Saturday report.
Moran had been treated for internal injuries and broken bones, and Blacow said he had been on a respirator since the Sept. 29 mishap during the opening of the Glacier Peaks Casino in Browning, Mont.
“I don't think people realized how bad it was,” Blacow told the Review-Journal from her home in Stockton, Calif. “Everybody seemed to make a big joke out of it.”
Blacow said Moran, a building contractor in Stockton, had been a member of the Flying Elvi parachuting team for about 13 years. She said he was also a water skier and snowboarder.
Members of the troupe said at the time that Moran apparently misjudged the landing before hitting a concrete parking lot at an estimated 50 mph.
