Rally driver and stunt performer Travis Pastrana was hospitalized this weekend following a base leaping stunt gone unsuitable in Florida.
The stunt noticed Pastrana soar from a Hyatt Lodge and though his parachute did unfurl, an Instagram video reveals him hitting the bottom with drive. Fort Lauderdale Fireplace Chief Stephen Gollan stated, per TMZ, that the damage occurred on Saturday morning throughout a video shoot.
“A stunt throughout that occasion didn’t go as deliberate leading to a tough touchdown of a parachutist that jumped from the Hyatt Lodge,” stated Gollan. “The grownup male was instantly handled and transported in critical however steady situation to Broward Well being.”
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Happily, Pastrana’s publicist informed WSVN that the motive force is recovering. Pastrana’s surgical procedure went properly and he will likely be going house to heal up after having damaged his pelvis.
The stunt was reportedly half of a bigger shoot being filmed for YouTube that, in accordance with a movie allow issued by Broward County’s movie commissioner and found by WSVN, included precision driving in and round downtown and the seashores. Though it’s unclear what Pastrana would have been driving, he and Hoonigan lately revealed a brand new Gymkhana automotive primarily based on a 1983 Subaru GL Wagon. The automotive makes round 900 hp (671 kW/913 PS) although extra particulars are nonetheless awaited.
It’s unclear how lengthy it would take the motive force to get better from his accidents, although it isn’t the primary time he’s injured his pelvis. In line with a video from 2015, he had already fractured the bone a number of instances, so that is nothing new to him. What number of extra main accidents the 38-year-old needs to get better from, although, is tough to say.