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CHESTER COUNTY, N.C. — A skydiver was seriously hurt after he made a hard landing Thursday at Skydive Carolina in Chester County, authorities told Channel 9.
Officials said the man hit a tree and then the ground outside a fenced-in area. The man was flown to a hospital in Charlotte with serious injuries.
Officials said he was alert and talking to emergency crews at the scene.
A skydiver was air-lifted to the hospital in Charlotte after he made a hard landing at Skydive Carolina in Chester County. Officials say the man hit a tree, then the ground outside the fenced in area. Fortunately he was alert and talking to emergency crews on the scene.
— Greg Suskin (@GSuskinWSOC9) August 27, 2020
No other details have been released at this point.
Thursday’s incident was the second skydiving accident this summer at Skydive Carolina. On June 6, a Florida man, Justin William Swaggerty, was killed when he missed the target and landed on a plane, officials said.
Skydive Carolina has been in business since 1986.
Check back with wsoctv.com for updates.
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