A skydiving instructor is presumed to have fallen to his death in Tennessee.
According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, the 35-year-old instructor was found dead in the clearing of a wooded area off Ashland City Highway on Oct. 4. He is believed to have fallen from the sky without a parachute.
Another skydiver was found suspended in a tree with an open parachute in the 4500 block of Ashland City Highway. The skydiver is believed to have separated at the plane from a tandem rig with the instructor.
The skydiver was recued from the tree by the Nashville Fire Department, which used a ladder using a pulley system. The skydiver was described as awake, alert and in stable condition and was taken to the hospital as a precaution after spending hours in the tree.
The jump involved Go Skydive Nashville which said in a statement that it laments the “tragic loss of life” and said it is cooperating with the investigation.
Three other skydivers who jumped moments before the fatal incident landed safely, police said. The plane landed safely at Tune Airport in Nashville.
The Federal Aviation Administration will be investigating the skydiving incident.
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