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Hundreds of audience members watched on in shock horror as a circus performer plunged from the 'Wheel of Death' at Blackpool Tower.
The crowd was evacuated on Saturday as a 'precautionary measure' as emergency services rushed to the scene.
One of two performers fell from the apparatus while carrying out the dangerous stunt, involving a rotating beam.
The 'Wheel of Death' has become a staple of the circus world. Performers undertake balancing tricks on the apparatus and run around on either side to make it rotate.
In blackpool Tower with kids watching circus when the bloke who was at top of the wheel of death fell to the ground immediately all audience was escorted out hope he is ok 🙏 pic.twitter.com/Ci4Z6Y1ypL
— nick (@nick19680) April 27, 2024
