[gatagato]

The world record holder was trying to cross the River Teesta on a 600ft zip-line suspended by his hair when he became entangled.

An Indian man who holds the Guinness World Record for covering the longest distance on a zip-line while hanging by his hair has died while performing a stunt.

Sailendra Nath Roy, a 49-year-old police officer, was attempting to cross the River Teesta in the state of West Bengal on Sunday on a 180m (594ft) wire above the water.

After attaching his shoulder-length hair to a pulley on the wire, Mr Roy had completed around half the distance but then became entangled and found himself unable to move.

Hundreds of spectators initially cheered him on, but then began screaming in horror when they saw he was making increasingly desperate attempts to move forward.

Senior police officer K Jayaraman said: "Roy tried frantically to get hold of a second rope to reach the finishing point."

After several minutes, Mr Roy stopped moving and was eventually rescued. No ambulance or doctor was present during the stunt.

He was admitted to hospital in nearby Siliguri, but was declared dead by doctors after a suspected heart attack.

A post-mortem examination is expected to be completed later on Monday.

Mr Roy achieved the Guinness World Record after covering 82.5m (271ft) on a zip-line while attached by his hair in 2011 at the Neemrana Fort, a heritage hotel in the desert state of Rajasthan.

Last year he used his hair to drag a train and four coaches on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

His younger brother Benoy, who was witnessing his brother's stunt for the first time, said: "We were proud of his bravery.

"He was sure to win but destiny has taken his life and the most beloved member of our family as well."

[Chrissy1313]

Sailendra Nath Roy was a renowned Indian stuntman. He was zip-lining by his ponytail when he started to struggle. He was trying to pull himself along the line. He suffered a massive heart attack. Not gory at all, but bizarre pictures!

There's also a video, but I don't know how to save it from YouTube or embed (totally stupid when it comes to this stuff). Hopefully somebody can save it so it doesn't disappear if YouTube decides to take it down.

[vanb]

Heart attacks suck, especially if you have one mid-air during a ponytail zip-line stunt.

[Chrissy1313]

He got himself into a hairy situation. He only had toupee with his life.

[Faline]

Damn, what a place to have a heart attack

[FavaBeans]

Aw Jeez....he must`ve tripped out and his heart did too!

[blancadon]

How embarrassing.

[Exceeded?]

What a great talent the world loss...

[invertigo]

Oh, FFS

What a pointless way to go.
Scar every child in the audience for life, and look like a fucking idiot while you're at it

[FavaBeans]

I believe his exertion did him in.