Female skydiver, 37, suffers horrific propeller death while taking photos at Kansas airfield

A female skydiver and photographer has died aft backing into a propeller while taking pictures astatine an airfield successful Kansas.

The woman, identified connected GoFundMe arsenic 37-year-old Amanda Gallagher, died connected Cook Airfield successful Derby connected Saturday according to Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office.

She had been snapping pictures of group getting connected and disconnected planes astatine nan Air Capital Drop Zone erstwhile she backed into an progressive propeller, per ABC connection KAKE.  

Friends who paid tribute to Gallagher connected Facebook said she was a master photographer from Wichita, Kansas, adjacent to nan airfield.  

Emergency services were called to nan segment connected Saturday astatine astir 2.40pm. They airlifted nan female to nan infirmary wherever she died from her injuries. 

'Amanda Gallagher was kind, adventurous, imaginative and beautiful wrong and out,' a fundraising page for nan female reads. 

'She was a loving daughter, sister, aunt and friend and will beryllium greatly missed.' 

Gallagher started skydiving earlier this period and became hooked aft her first attempt, according to her Facebook page. 

She posted a video of herself falling from a level pinch nan caption: 'This was my first solo jump!! I'm successful love.' 

Gallagher besides shared an image of herself posing beside a level successful skydiving cogwheel a week later pinch nan caption 'best emotion ever.' 

Friends paying tribute connected Facebook remembered Gallagher arsenic a 'young, talented photographer' who was a 'kind and gentle beingness successful nan world'.

Gallagher's GoFundMe page is raising costs to screen her ceremonial work costs. So acold much than $6,000 has been raised. 

'On October 26th, Amanda passed distant successful a very sad accident, doing what she loved, skydiving and taking pictures!' nan fundraising page reads. 

'As her family processes done this tragic accident, they could usage your thief covering nan ceremonial expenses. 

'Please see helping them retired and besides keeping them each successful your prayers.'

The incident is nether investigation.