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Stuntman dies in front of hundreds performing latest stunt

Stuntman dies during world record attempt as he tried to cross river on a zip-wire attached to his hair. A man with a Guinness World Record for travelling the farthest distance on a zip wire attached to a tuft of his hair died while performing the stunt across the Teesta at Sevoke near Siliguri in West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Sunday.

Sailendra Nath Roy (48) was trying to cross the river suspended from a 600 feet zip cable at a height of 70 feet near the Coronation Bridge. A large number of people had gathered to watch the act.

After covering about 40 per cent of the distance, Mr. Roy could not progress further. Amidst cheers and screams of hundreds of onlookers, he desperately tried to move forward, hanging from the cable and using his hand to inch ahead.

Suddenly, there was no movement, and after about 45 minutes, he was brought down.

Mr. Roy was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. He had suffered a massive heart attack.

According to eyewitnesses, there was no deployment of personnel from the disaster management group or local police for the event.

Mr. Roy held the Guinness World Record for covering a distance of 270 feet on a zip wire attached to a tuft of his hair at Neemrana Fort Palace in Alwar district in Rajasthan on March 1, 2011.

[LERK]

idiot.

[LERK]

you think his life jacket would've saved him.

[LERK]

no video of actual fall

[darrenchess]

a real " HAIR RAISING " stunt !!!

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Originally Posted by fletch ↗

no video of actual fall

He didn't fall he had a heart attack half away across, the info is beneath the video clip.

[Vamooska]

I think someone yelled, " HEY...shoes untied" and he broke his neck looking down.

[Morrigan]

If he died from just a heart attack, what in the world was that, that detached from the wire or his head, when he was first reachingup to grab the wire?