Skydiver Injured In Hard Landing

Date Added: February 10, 2017 11:40 am

Chris Graham
Community Information Specialist
grahamc@deland.org
Office: 386-626-7117
Cell: 386-872-0821

SKYDIVER INJURED IN HARD LANDING

 

DeLand Police and Fire responded at 9:14 a.m. Friday to the DeLand Municipal Airport to a report of a skydiver injured.

The skydiver was airlifted to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach and the extent of injuries is unknown. The skydiver has been identified as Nikolay V. Likachev from Russia. His date of birth is 11/2/1976.

A preliminary investigation found that the skydiver had a hard landing with the parachute deployed.