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Desert mishap claims amateur rocket-engineer stuntman ‘Mad” Mike Hughes
BARSTOW – Stuntman 'Mad' Mike Hughes is dead after a mishap with his self-made rocket.

Celebrity TV channel TMZ reported that Hughes launched himself into the air above the desert Saturday but the rocket crash-landed.

The well-known daredevil and amateur rocket-engineer was doing a rocket launch when Hughes propelled himself into the air with a "self-made steam-powered rocket" before it crash to the ground.

A video showed parachute fly out of the rocket, but no one was using it. Seconds later, Hughes was seen in free-fall.

The coroner said Hughes was a 64-year-old resident of Apple Valley.
Story Date: March 5, 2020
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