An Oklahoma woman was killed in a tragic accident Saturday while skydiving in Sallisaw, authorities said.
Heather Glasgow, 44, did not survive the fatal plunge after she experienced an “unknown issue” during her solo skydive.
“Witnesses stated her parachute had fully deployed, but she was in a spin that she did not recover out of,” Sallisaw Police said.
“Emergency services tended to her very quickly after the incident and she was transported to Northeastern Health Systems Sequoyah for further treatment.”
The victim, a Poteau resident, had earlier achieved a tandem jump prior to the fatal accident that took place out of the Adventure Skydive Center in Sallisaw.
Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration and local authorities are probing the incident.
“The body, that was on that parachute, was just spinning in circles,” a witness recalled. “I mean it was completely sideways.”
“I feel like they were already unconscious in the air. Because if they would have been responsive in the air, they would've been kicking their legs. They would have been trying to fight with their arms to control the parachute.”
Then he added: “It bothered us so badly; I wanted to be able to do something for the individual but there was nothing I could do at all except call 911.”
