Skydiver dies in laborious touchdown earlier than Tennessee highschool soccer sport

Officers say a skydiver has died after making a tough touchdown from a leap leap on the Tennessee highschool soccer stadium on Friday.

In an announcement, Washington County Superintendent Jerry Boyd stated divers jumped into the David Crockett Excessive Faculty soccer stadium in Jonesborough, northeast Tennessee. David Crockett is going through off from close by Daniel Boone’s Grey Excessive Faculty.

Boyd stated the skydiver was a beloved husband, father and grandfather. He stated psychological well being help specialists will likely be at each colleges on Monday.

“We prolong our deepest sympathies to the household of the injured skydiver who has handed away,” Boyd stated within the assertion.

Bounce TN, an organization in Greeneville, advised information shops in an announcement that the 55-year-old has labored with the corporate and has carried out greater than 1,500 jumps. The corporate stated observers and witnesses didn’t discover something uncommon concerning the leap or his parachute, saying it deployed with out incident.

Eyewitness video launched by WJHL-TV exhibits the skydiver with a parachute deployed, quickly diving in a circle in direction of the bottom as onlookers scream.

Authorities haven’t but launched the id of the skydiver.

After the incident, the skydiver was taken to the hospital for his accidents and was silent for a second. The soccer match went on with a delayed begin.