A man performing as a "human cannonball" for a stunt show in Kent, Britain, has been killed after his safety net failed to provide him adequate support.
The BBC quoted police as saying that the incident took place at the Kent County Showground at Detling during the shoot of 'Daredevil Stunt Show'. The 23-year-old man was taken to the Maidstone Hospital by air ambulance with multiple head and back injuries.
A witness said the stunt man was probably 30 or 40 feet in the air when he came out of the tube.
"The net was already up. He climbed out on top, climbed down into the tube, they gave this countdown then he came out of the tube - he was probably 30 or 40ft in the air at least," he said.
"He turned over and then, the last picture I've got of him, you can see the net is flat on the floor, not up in the air, and he is coming down head-first towards the ground. I saw him hit the floor and bounce. It was like a dummy being thrown," the witness added.
He said that around 2,000 people, including several hundred children, were present.
Another witness said the safety net seemed to have collapsed before the man hit it.
