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Daredevil Alex Harvill Dies After Crash During World-Record Motorcycle Jump Attempt

Jun. 18, 2021
Daredevil Alex Harvill Dies After Crash During World-Record Motorcycle Jump Attempt

Daredevil and stuntman Alex Harvill died Thursday after crashing while attempting a world record-breaking motorcycle jump at the Moses Lake Airshow in Washington.

According to Kelley Collins of KREM in Spokane, Washington, the Grant County Sheriff's Department said Harvill was transported to a hospital where he later died. The sheriff's office said the 28-year-old's family has been notified and an autopsy with be conducted Friday to confirm the cause of death.

Collins reported Harvill was attempting a 351-foot motorcycle jump, which was the equivalent of one goal post to another on a football field. He landed short on a practice jump, crashing into a dirt mound, and was thrown over the handlebars before he "tumbled dozens of feet," per TMZ Sports.

Moses Lake Airshow released a statement on Facebook before it received news of Harvill's death:

Collins noted Harvill set the world record for the longest dirt-to-dirt jump of 297 feet in 2013.

Per TMZ, Harvill and his wife Jessica welcomed their second child in May.


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