A skydiving instructor is dead after he apparently became separated from another skydiver during a tandem jump in Nashville on Saturday.

Police said they found the 35-year-old instructor's body via helicopter around 6:45 p.m. They believe he fell without a chute.

The other skydiver, reportedly on his first ever jump, became lodged in a tree with an open parachute in the woods near Ashland City Highway, which is in northwest Nashville. 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.

Three other skydivers who jumped moments earlier landed safely, and the plane landed safely at Tune Airport, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.

They said it appears the instructor came loose from

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