CHESTER, S.C. — A man with extensive experience in skydiving died after an accident happened after he jumped from a plane.
Skydive! Carolina, a skydiving company with locations in both North and South Carolina, stated that on Saturday a 35-year-old man died during a skydiving jump.
The company says that eyewitnesses saw the man initiate a turn to begin the landing sequence at a low altitude but did not level the parachute for a safe landing.
Local authorities and Skydive! Carolina are working to determine the cause of the hard landing.
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The deceased man's name is not being released at this time.
Skydive! Carolina says the man had completed more than 1,000 successful jumps before this accident happened.
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