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Medics respond after skydiver has hard landing in Middletown

Medics respond after skydiver has hard landing in Middletown Start Skydiving in Middletown.

Medics responded to Middletown Regional Airport today after a man in a tandem skydiving jump injured his ankle, according to the chief instructor of Start Skydiving.

Medics were dispatched to the scene after a report of a “hard landing” at 10:44 a.m.

John Hart, of Start Skydiving, told the Journal-News the man was transported to a local hospital for treatment.

The instructor was not injured in the accident, he said.

On Aug. 21, a Mason man died in a skydiving accident at the facility.