A skydiving instructor is dead after he became separated from another skydiver during a tandem jump in Nashville on Oct. 4, the Metro Nashville Police Department said.

Police said they found the 35-year-old instructor's body via helicopter in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, around 6:45 p.m. They believe he fell without a chute.

The other skydiver became lodged in a tree with an open parachute in the woods in the 4500 block of Ashland City Highway, which is in northwest Nashville, according to police. Rescue crews were able to get him down safely from the tree after an hours long effort. He was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure, according to Nashville Fire Department spokesperson Kendra Loney.

"Three other skydivers who jumped moments earlier landed safely," MNPD s

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