BBC News - 'Human cannonball' killed in Kent stunt show: "A 'human cannonball' stuntman plunged to his death in an accident seen by hundreds of people at a daredevil show.
Police said a safety net gave way during the stunt at the Kent County Showground at Detling.
The man, 23, had been taken to Maidstone Hospital by air ambulance with multiple head and back injuries.
The accident happened at about 1530 BST in a performance by Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show. Witnesses said he was launched up to 40ft in the air.
Rob Hutchinson, 42, watched with his wife and two young children as the man came out to perform his stunt to close the first half of the show"
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