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Charlotte woman dies after skydiving accident in SC

One person is dead following a skydiving accident in Chester County, officials confirmed to WCNC News.
Posted 2019-07-15T00:16:45+00:00 - Updated 2019-07-15T00:18:43+00:00

One person is dead following a skydiving accident in Chester County, officials confirmed to WCNC News.

The incident happened Sunday at Skydive Carolina at 1903 King Air Drive in Chester.

A 34-year-old woman from Charlotte was pronounced deceased at 2:53 p.m., according to the Chester coroner.

Officials responded to a call for a "hard landing," and the cause of her death was blunt force trauma.

Her name won't be released until Monday, but officials said her family has been notified.

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