NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A skydiving instructor died and another person was rescued Saturday afternoon after jumping out of a plane near a Tennessee highway.

First responders, including the Nashville Fire Department and Metro Nashville Police Department, were sent to a wooded area near Ashland City Highway just before 1 p.m. on Saturday for a high-angle rescue.

Police said a 46-year-old skydiving student and his instructor got stuck on the side of the plane in a tandem rig, but the instructor got separated from the rig and fell from the sky. Then the student's emergency parachute reportedly deployed and he became lodged in a tree for several hours before an MNPD helicopter crew spotted him.

At 4:12 p.m., the NFD announced that fire personnel found the student and positioned several lad

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