{"id":72106,"date":"2026-04-18T18:57:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/skydiver-rescued-after-crashing-into-scoreboard-before-virginia-tech-spring-game\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T18:57:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:57:44","slug":"skydiver-rescued-after-crashing-into-scoreboard-before-virginia-tech-spring-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/skydiver-rescued-after-crashing-into-scoreboard-before-virginia-tech-spring-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Skydiver rescued after crashing into scoreboard before Virginia Tech spring game"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Skydiver crashes into Lane Stadium scoreboard<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Parachute snags above field before spring game<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Victim rescued, officials say condition stable<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A skydiver crashed into the Lane Stadium scoreboard before Virginia Tech\u2019s spring football game Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Tech officials <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hokiesports\/status\/2045592126327848995\">said on X<\/a> 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> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/18\/skydiver-crashes-scoreboard-virginia-tech-spring-game\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skydiver crashes into Lane Stadium scoreboard Parachute snags above field before spring game Victim rescued, officials say condition stable A skydiver crashed into the Lane Stadium scoreboard before Virginia Tech\u2019s spring football game Saturday. Virginia Tech officials said on X that the skydiver \u201cwas safely secured and is currently stable\u201d following rescue efforts. The incident &#8230; <a title=\"Skydiver rescued after crashing into scoreboard before Virginia Tech spring game\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/skydiver-rescued-after-crashing-into-scoreboard-before-virginia-tech-spring-game\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Skydiver rescued after crashing into scoreboard before Virginia Tech spring game\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}