POLK COUNTY, Ga. -- An Alpharetta man is dead after a hard landing on water from a skydiving jump.
Family members told Channel 2 Action News Rodrigo Bianchini, 41, was killed after police said he was experimenting with a prototype parachute and tried to land on a pond in Polk County.
Police said he was attempting to skim across the top of the water until he reached dry land, but when he landed he went face-first into the water and was killed from the impact.
Polk County police said they are treating the death as an accident.
Bianchini was an experienced skydiver with more than 5,000 jumps to his credit.
Police said Bianchini was an instructor with a skydiving facility called Skydive The Farm.
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