Human cannonball plunges to his death

UK - Horrified families looked on as a human cannonball was killed when his safety net failed during an Easter Bank Holiday extravaganza. The stuntman suffered catastrophic head and neck injuries when he hit the ground in front of a huge crowd at the Kent County Showground.Eyewitnesses said the stuntman was fired up to 50ft in the air as part of Scott May’s Daredevil Stunt Show. The net collapsed while he was in the air. As the cannon went bang the truck recoiled.He landed on the grass head first and continued to roll forward but then stayed on his back motionless.  More