Company Website: http://scottmaydaredevil.co.uk
Info:
23-year-old man was killed yesterday in Kent while performing the notorious "human cannonball" stunt.
Safety nets failed to enage and dude landed head first. There was nothing paramedics could do.
The young man died in front of hundreds of spectators, lots of them children.
The first human cannonball act took place in England in the 1870s.
Since then more than 30 stuntmen have been killed while performing, mostly by missing the net.
In one accident, in the 1920s, two performers crashed in mid-air with one breaking his back.
Pics:
The stuntman climbs up the cannon's barrel for his act which forms part of the Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show
As the man shoots through the air he looks down towards the safety net
The stuntman lands heavily away from the safety net, seen to his right
Info:
23-year-old man was killed yesterday in Kent while performing the notorious "human cannonball" stunt.
Safety nets failed to enage and dude landed head first. There was nothing paramedics could do.
The young man died in front of hundreds of spectators, lots of them children.
The first human cannonball act took place in England in the 1870s.
Since then more than 30 stuntmen have been killed while performing, mostly by missing the net.
In one accident, in the 1920s, two performers crashed in mid-air with one breaking his back.
Pics:
The stuntman climbs up the cannon's barrel for his act which forms part of the Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show
As the man shoots through the air he looks down towards the safety net
The stuntman lands heavily away from the safety net, seen to his right
