CHESTER COUNTY, N.C. -- Emergency crews were dispatched to Skydive Carolina following a call of a "hard landing" Thursday afternoon.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. at 1903 King Air Drive in Chester. The coroner was called to the scene, and a 68-year-old woman was pronounced dead.
NBC Charlotte was told the professional skydiver, who had more than 15,000 skydives under her belt, had a malfunction with the parachute. According to our crew on the scene, the airport and Skydive Carolina were still open and operating as of 5:30 p.m.
The accident happened during the facility's annual CarolinaFest which started on Tuesday and runs through Sunday. NBC Charlotte also learned someone died two years ago at the same event.
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