Motorcycle stuntman Alex Harvill died on Thursday at the age of just 28 years old after crashing while attempting a world-record jump.
According to TMZ, the daredevil was trying to jump his bike off a ramp and travel 351 feet, something that apparently would have been a world-record, at the Moses Lake Airshow in Washington. Tragically, his bike didn’t make the full distance during his warm-up jump and Alex crashed into a dirt mound.
The impact threw the daredevil over his handlebars, and he tumbled dozens of feet before he finally came to a stop. He later died from the injuries he suffered from the accident, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Police noted that Harvill’s family was informed about his death. An autopsy will be conducted on Friday to confirm the cause and manner of his death.
The father-of-two was a very experienced stuntman: in 2013, he set a previous world record when he jumped from one dirt ramp to another 297 feet away. What an impressive human being. So sad.
RIP, Alex.
[Image via Alex Harvill/YouTube]
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