A 16-year-old girl survived a fall from 3,500 feet during a skydiving accident in Oklahoma.

Makenzie Wethington of Joshua, Texas, was skydiving for the first time when her family says her parachute did not open.

The incident happened on Saturday.

Makenzie was hospitalized with internal bleeding, broken vertebrae, and a shattered pelvis. 

Bob Swainson, owner of Pegasus Air Sport, told WFAA-TV that Makenzie's parachute did open, but that there was a problem with it, and they're not sure what created that problem.

Swainson also said Makenzie did not follow the training she received before the jump on how to activate a second chute. 

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