The crash took place during the show’s pyrotechnic portion when planned explosions were going off.
of the performance shows Darnell driving past an explosion on the runway then his truck catches fire and appears to roll.
“All of a sudden, you just sort of this raging fireball going down the runway, and this ball of debris,” Brandon Lacic, who was with his family watching the air show, told . “One of my children looked up and said, ‘Dad, was that part of the act?’ And I said ‘I don’t think so. This is bad.’”, Darnell competed in different types of racing and owned a Truck Accessory Company called 4 Wheel Customs. He shared duties with his father driving the Shockwave Jet Trucks.that the accident was “a result of mechanical failure on the Jet Truck.”
“We are so sad. Just one month ago Chris turned 40. He was so well-loved by everyone who knew him,” Neal Darnell said. “Chris so loved the air show business. He was ‘living the dream,’ as he said.”
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