Kansas Woman, 37, Dies After Backing into Moving Airplane Propeller While Taking Photos

Mar. 15, 2025

Gallagher was critically injured, and transported to a local hospital where she later died, localNBC affiliate KSNWreported.

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More than $8,400 has been raisedvia GoFundMeto help Gallagher’s family with funeral expenses following the fatal incident.

Abbey Charboneau, who organized the online fundraiser, said Gallagher died “doing what she loved, skydiving and taking pictures.”

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“Amanda Gallagher was kind, adventurous, creative and beautiful inside and out,” Charboneau wrote in the description of the fundraiser. “She was a loving daughter, sister, aunt and friend and will be greatly missed.”

A spokesperson forCook Airfield, where the incident occurred, would not speculate about the circumstances surrounding the incident.

“Our hearts go out to the family and friends of the young lady who died yesterday,” they said in a post on the airfield’s Facebook page.

The SCSO did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing, per the reports.

source: people.com