2 hurt in Bucks County skydiving accident

    Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say two people have been injured in a skydiving accident.

    Rescue crews in Bucks County were called to Guth Elementary School in Perkasie shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday.

    Two jumpers were injured while tandem skydiving, county emergency officials said.  Details about the accident weren’t immediately available.

    One was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital and the other to Temple University Hospital, where their conditions were not immediately available, officials said.

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