A truck driver with a jet engine died in a high-speed accident in front of an air show spectator. Michigan, police and relatives said on Sunday.
Chris Darnell, 40, died at the Battle Creek Airfield Show on Saturday and was driving a SHOCKWAVE jet truck on the runway at over 300 mph, police said in a statement of. ...
"We died in an accident doing what our youngest Chris liked. We played in SHOCKWAVE," his father Neil Darnelltold Facebook. rice field. In another post, he stated that the accident was the result of a "mechanical failure of the jet truck."
A video taken by attendees of an apparent air show at Battle Creek Executive Airport and posted on social media was burned by a truck losing control. Many times, while the horrifying spectators watched, it had shown that it had crashed and turned over.
Immediately before the accident, SHOCKWAVE was seen blowing fireworks flames from the exhaust pipe. This is clearly a standard part of truck performance.
The truck, once touted by the company as the "world's fastest semi", reaching record speeds of 376 mph, has been modified to carry three jet engines and supplied 36,000. did. According to the company's website, horsepower and thrust of £ 21,000. The truck was driven by Darnell and owned by Darnell Racing Enterprise in Springfield, Missouri, the website says.
The Battle Creek police canceled the rest of Saturday's schedule, but the air show resumed on Sunday, police and fire departments. Authorities and the Federal Aviation Administration have begun an investigation.
"We are very sad," wrote Neil Darnell. "Just a month ago Chris turned 40. He was loved by everyone who knew him. Chris loved the air show business. He loved him. As I said, it was "living a dream."
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