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Skydiving instructor killed in fall

Murfreesboro resident Justin Robert Fuller, 35, has been identified as the skydiving instructor who was killed Oct. 4 after he fell from the sky without a parachute, the Metro Nashville Police Department said in a news release.

According to the release, Fuller and a 46-year-old student became separated from a tandem rig mid-flight. Fuller fell from the sky, while the student’s emergency parachute deployed, leaving him lodged in a tree near Ashland City Highway. The student was rescued by the Nashville Fire Department after an MNPD helicopter crew spotted him…

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