{"id":593217,"date":"2026-04-19T07:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/593217\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T07:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:15:08","slug":"skydiver-rescued-after-crashing-into-scoreboard-before-virginia-tech-spring-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/593217\/","title":{"rendered":"Skydiver Rescued After Crashing Into Scoreboard Before Virginia Tech Spring Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) \u2014 A skydiver crashed into the Lane Stadium scoreboard before Virginia Tech\u2019s spring football game Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hokiesports\/status\/2045592126327848995\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Virginia Tech officials\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69e42f36e4b0b6f552ba4cc8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hokiesports\/status\/2045592126327848995\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow\">Virginia Tech officials<\/a> said on X that the skydiver \u201cwas safely secured and is currently stable\u201d following rescue efforts. The incident caused a delay in the start of the spring game.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the skydiver wasn\u2019t released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur primary focus remains on their well-being,\u201d Virginia Tech officials said in a statement. \u201cWe extend our sincere appreciation to the first responders, event staff, and medical personnel for their swift, coordinated and professional response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Tech later put out a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/virginia_tech\/status\/2045617267996610888\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"on X\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69e42f36e4b0b6f552ba4cc8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/virginia_tech\/status\/2045617267996610888\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow\">on X<\/a> saying that the \u201cquick actions\u201d of first responders had \u201csafely returned today\u2019s parachuter to the ground without injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video footage showed the skydiver\u2019s parachute landing between the \u201cC\u201d and the \u201cH\u201d on the Virginia Tech lettering on top of the scoreboard before first responders rescued him.<\/p>\n<p>The Blacksburg Fire Department didn\u2019t immediately respond to a voicemail seeking details on the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) \u2014 A skydiver crashed into the Lane Stadium scoreboard before Virginia Tech\u2019s spring football game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1607,399,398,396,397,13366,99,2415,1339],"class_list":["post-593217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-college-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-skydiving","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-virginia-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}