CASA GRANDE - Authorities say a former Tucson resident has died after parachuting from a cell-phone tower and hitting high-voltage power lines.
Pinal County sheriff's Lt. Tamatha Villar said Darrell Dunafon, 23, and two friends broke into a cell-tower site about 30 miles south of Phoenix on Friday night and were parachuting off the 400-foot-tall antennae.
Dunafon's parachute became tangled in nearby 12,000-volt power lines and he was shocked with a live wire.
Villar said the two friends called for help, and rescue crews turned off the power and cut Dunafon down. He had a slight pulse but was pronounced dead at a hospital in nearby Casa Grande.
Dunafon was a Tucson resident who recently moved to the southeast Phoenix suburb of Queen Creek.
According to his Facebook page, he graduated from Catalina Foothills High School. He listed the U.S. Army as his employer.
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Dunafon's family declined to comment Saturday night.
His two friends admitted to investigators they knew they were trespassing, Villar said. They were not arrested, but a report will be sent for review by local prosecutors.
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