Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Authorities Identify Two Killed in Cape Cod Skydiving Incident
The tandem jumpers fatally crashed into a garage after missing their designated landing area on Sunday.
A skydiving instructor and a student were killed in a training jump in Cape Cod on Sunday afternoon.
Around 5:20 p.m., the skydivers missed the landing area of the Cape Cod airfield and crashed into a garage on Race Lane in Marstons Mills, CBS Boston reported.
On Monday, authorities announced the victims were Andrew Munson, 29-year-old from Nantucket and his instructor Eldon Burrier, 48-year-old from West Lynnwood, Washington.
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Barnstable Police officers responded to the incident and found the two men laying on the ground beside the garage.
The men were rushed to Cape Cod Hospital, but died shortly after the crash, according to Boston.com.
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Police have not released the names of the victims and are investigating what may have caused the crash.
Neighbors said they heard a thud and the parachute looked deployed, CBS Boston reported.
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