A member of the Middletown-based professional skydiving team Team Fastrax crashed into a stadium scoreboard Saturday, April 18 before Virginia Tech’s spring football game, delaying the start of the event.
The skydiver, identified by The Roanoke Times as Pasha Palanker, struck the top of the video board overlooking the north end zone at Lane Stadium at about 3 p.m. Saturday, April 18. Palanker remained suspended for about 25 minutes before he was rescued by members of the Blacksburg Volunteer Fire Department.
Virginia Tech officials said in a post on X at 3:55 p.m. Saturday that the skydiver was “safely secured and is currently stable.”…