Crime & Safety

No Injuries Reported in Skydiving Accident

A skydiver and instructor were stuck in a tree, police say.

Riverhead Town police reported a happy ending after two skydivers found themselves stuck in a tree on River Road, just east of the Swan Lake Golf Club in Manorville, on Tuesday evening.

The accident occurred at the same time as a summer storm swept through the area.

According to police, the accident was reported at approximately 6:30; a skydiver and an instructor were believed to have been skydiving at the Skydive Long Island facility, located on Grumman Avenue at Calverton, police said.

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The identities of the two stranded skydivers have not been released.

Manorville Fire Department arrived on the scene and cut down the two stranded skydivers, police said; no injuries were reported.

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