Man breaks ankle skydiving in south Jersey


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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Police say a Delaware man broke his ankle in a parachute accident in southern New Jersey.

The man was skydiving with Free Fall Adventures when he landed in a backyard in Washington Township Thursday night.

Police Lt. Dennis Simms tells the South Jersey Times (http://bit.ly/1t1IFp3 ) 60-year-old Guy Harrington's parachute deployed, but he had a hard landing.

Harrington was treated at Cooper University Hospital in Camden.

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Information from: South Jersey Times (Woodbury, N.J.), http://nj.com/southjerseytimes

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