Updated: Man dies in skydiving accident in Polk County

Thursday, January 11, 2024

-Polk Standard Journal-

-Polk Standard Journal-

A man was killed in a skydiving accident in Polk County Thursday.

The Polk Standard Journal reports the incident occurred in a field off of Coaling Road east of Cedartown around 2 p.m.

On Friday Polk County Coroner Norman Smith identified the man as 47-year-old Nicolay Grushin of Bonney Lake, Washington.

Coroner Smith stated the Federal Aviation Administration is handling the investigation with the assistance of the GBI medical examiner’s office.