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    Kansas photographer Amanda Gallagher has died in a plane crash

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    A Kansas photographer died after he was apparently caught in a plane propeller while doing his job on Saturday.

    Sedwick County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Air Capital Drop Zone replieda skydiving center following an accident involving 37-year-old Amanda Gallagher.

    According to authorities, the Wichita native “made contact with an aircraft on the ground and stationary, but still in flight.”

    First responders took Gallagher to a local medical center, where she succumbed to her injuries.

    The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been notified of the incident and are investigating.

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    Gallagher appears to have stepped into ‘spinning propeller’

    Air Capital Drop Zone told ABC News that Gallagher wastake photos of paratroopers that afternoon.

    According to the report and the FAA, she returned to the landing site at Cook Airfield in Derby, which is about 17 miles from Wichita, and the following divers began boarding Cessna 182 grounded, but empty.

    “For unknown reasons … she moved forward of the wing, a violation of basic safety procedures,” the skydiving center explained to the outlet. “With the camera raised to take photos as she did this, she stepped back, moving gently towards and into the spinning propeller.”

    Fundraiser created for Gallagher’s family

    Gallagher’s brother and sister-in-law created a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses.

    They described the photographer as “kind, adventurous, creative and beautiful inside and out.”

    The family has raised nearly $15,000 as of Tuesday morning.

    Taylor Ardrey is a news reporter for USA TODAY. You can contact her at [email protected].

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