One person was rescued and another is dead after a parachute jumping accident Saturday afternoon near the John C. Tune Airport in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Nashville Fire Department (NFD) says crews were called to a wooded area roughly three miles from the roadway. Authorities told the Scripps News Group in Nashville that they rescued one person who was stuck in a tree and is now receiving medical treatment.

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NFD officials say a rescuer safely reached the parachute jumper, freed him from the harness, and assisted him down a ladder using a pulley system. The patient was awake, alert, and in stable condition after being suspended for several hours. He was then transported to a hospital as a precaution.

The skydiving instructor has been identified as Justin Robert F

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