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Base jumper dies when parachute fails to open after leaping from TV news tower

Posted at 5:56 AM, Jan 15, 2015
and last updated 2015-01-15 05:56:57-05

RIVES JUNCTION, Mich. — A base jumper has died, after police say his parachute failed to open, after he jumped from a news station tower.

According to WLNS in Lansing, the incident happened Wednesday evening on property owned by WLAJ-TV north of Jackson.  WLNS reports the base jumper managed to gain access to the gated area, scale the 1,000-foot high transmission tower, and jump off.

However, the man’s parachute failed to open, and he was killed in the fall.  Police are treating the death as accidental.