MAY 23, 2015
WINCHESTER, TENN. (WKRN)
A skydiver hit power lines and fell to the ground at a Vietnam
Traveling Memorial Wall event, Red White and You.
The accident occurred at 5 p.m. during the start of the
ceremony. Three jumpers were involved in the descent, with the second landing
without injury and the third hitting a rock.
The power line victim was taken to Vanderbilt Medical
Center, and his condition is unknown at this time.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate
the accident.
The wall on display is a 3/5 scale of the Vietnam Memorial
in Washington, DC.
It stands six-feet tall at the center and covers almost 300
feet from end to end.