VIDEO: Hungarian artist flew out of wheel of death

On Saturday, 30 September in Hungary, a performer fell 8 metres from the wheel of death during a performance. Miraculously, the 25-year-old artist survived.

Artist accident in Hungary

Szebasztián Richter, press officer of the Richter Flórián Circus, said that there was an accident during the performance on Saturday in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary.

The 25-year-old El Salvadorian performer Raul Alexander was doing the wheel of death stunt when the accident happened.

Miraculous outcome

According to rtl.hu, Alexander had an accident at the highest point of the ring of death, 8 metres above the ground. The artist had wrongly braced his hands and feet inside the ring, which caused him to slip and fall out of the death wheel.

Raul Alexander lost consciousness for a minute after the fall and was unable to breathe as the force of the fall drove him into the ground. Days later, the artist was still hurting his shoulder, leg and ribs, but he escaped the violent accident without serious injury.

Since the incident, however, he has been suffering from severe fear and a sense of danger, but this has not deterred him from his career. He plans to return to the dangerous stunt slowly, gradually, with lots of training.

Here is a video of the unfortunate accident: