40-Year-Old Driver Dies in Michigan Airshow After Truck Catches On Fire



At the annual Battle Creek Field of Light Air Show and Balloon Festival in Battle Creek, Michigan, 40-year-old driver Chris Darnell died when his family says his Shockwave jet fuel truck tire blew out which ruptured the gas tanks and caused the car to erupt in flames during one of the showโ€™s stunts. ยป Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC
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40-Year-Old Driver Dies in Michigan Airshow After Truck Catches On Fire

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42 comments

  1. Jet fuel and semi's do not mix – what a loss of human life and experience ๐Ÿ˜ข

  2. faster that the flash , and hotter than the sum

  3. He knew the danger, easy money ๐Ÿ’ฐ had its price

  4. Rest In Peace ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™

  5. What was that first explosion?

  6. A man doing what he loved when he went out. God bless America

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  8. RIP but shows why some cars (Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti etc) hitting anything over 200+ have a monitor device so that donโ€™t exceed that speed. Yeah they can go further than that easily but for safety. The Chiron 300+ can do 300mph but even than that beast is being limited because of its tires.

  9. Let's put a Jet engine on a vehicle never designed for the structural loading of a rocket engine and go 300 MPH, get away with it once and count yourself Lucky, Keep doing it is a Deathwish !

  10. thats what you get for wasteful blasting fossil fuels into the atmosphere

  11. Oh god my fellings of all family ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜”

  12. He was living the dream….. and also dying unfortunately!
    โ™ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿ’” and strength wishing the family.

  13. My deepest condolences RIP ๐Ÿ˜ข

    Thank you, "Lester Holt."โ™ฅ๏ธ

  14. Does insurance cover him? Thoughts and prayers have no monetary value and you have to think about his family and the cost associated with his passing.

  15. Should of worn his seat belt.

  16. At least they went out in a badass way and doing what they loved.

  17. I am so sorry for the lost of this young man. My sympathy and prayers go out to the family.

  18. Thoughts and prayers? Dude, how is it possible things like these are not regulated and inspected by OSHA?

  19. Who set off that explosion at the finish line???? the truck ran right into it

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  21. If you play with fire, you will get burned!

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  23. I'm

    just

    devastated.

    I've watched the shockwave for many years, met the family and oogled at the coolest Pete on the planet .

    No words.

    The family is in my heart and prayers.

    Grief doesn't subside or go away. You merely adapt to it's weight as you carry on your purpose.

    Live for those who are gone.

    Do them justice.

    Make them proud.

  24. Man! So hate to learn of Chris death! Praying for his family! At least he died doing what he loved! Much better than being on a sick bed! He'll be missed!

  25. When I read โ€œtruckโ€ I wasnโ€™t expecting 0:25 ! Least he died doing what he loved. Driving gigantic fiery rocket trucks

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  29. From living the dream, to eternally dreaming. RIP

  30. Why celebrate July4th? Women arenโ€™t free.

  31. He seemed like a really cool guy, really hate to see that this happened to him. My thoughts are with his family, I know this is a very hard time for them.

  32. Was this an air show or a truck show? I know, he wasn't driving fast, he was flying low.

  33. Jet/truck STUPID HUMAN TRICKS

  34. I can't imagine what the family is going through๐Ÿ˜ฅ

  35. Only humans would do things that get them killed. thats why ur there watching really .

  36. He got what he was asking for, right?