A Texas girl on a dream skydiving trip to celebrate her 16th birthday narrowly escaped death on her first jump when her parachute malfunctioned at 3,500ft and she crashed to the ground.

A 16-year-old girl has amazed doctors by surviving a fall of more than 3,000 feet in a horrific skydiving accident.

Two skydivers fell hundreds of feet to their deaths after colliding over an airport in California.