Russian stuntman Evgeniy Chebotarev, 30, broke his back after launching his BMW over a river in Rostov, near the Ukraine border
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Stuntman is in hospital after breaking his spine driving car over river
A Russian stuntman is in hospital with a broken spine after launching a BMW over a river.
Evgeniy Chebotarev, 30, took on a 131ft jump over a river in the Rostov region of Russia, near the border with Ukraine.
In one clip, Evgeniy maxes out the throttle in his BMW stunt car and accelerates over a mound on the left side of the river.
The vehicle launches into the air and soars over the water – gaining dozens of feet of air – before landing heavily on the other side.
In a view from inside the vehicle, the stuntman – wearing driving gear and a helmet – can be seen flooring the pedal and hurtling towards the mound.
When he lands on the other side, his body jolts with the force of the impact.
A third video shows the 30-year-old lying in hospital as he announces his life-changing injury to his fans.
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“The stunt cost me a broken spine, I’m in hospital,” he posted.
“I didn’t want to let you down and pressed full throttle, the BMW did it,” he told his fans.
“In total, the flight was 40 metres.
“Friends, now I will struggle to live a fulfilling life.
“I will take a little break.
“I can handle it, thanks for your support.”
Reports say the landscaper-turned-stuntman has no sensation in his legs as he is treated at Taganrog emergency hospital.
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His subscribers have begun crowdfunding for his treatment after the BMW 5 E34 stunt.
The stuntman’s injury comes months after Jackass star Sean McInerney was bitten by a shark when a stunt he was performing went horribly wrong.
The stuntman, who is one of the newest members of the Jackass gang, was trying to jump over shark-infested waters on a wakeboard when he failed to make his landing.
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Sean, known by the nickname Poopies, landed amongst a group of hungry sharks and ended up being bitten on the hand.
Fellow star Steve-O said Sean’s tendons and arteries had to be reattached through surgery.
Despite the horror accident, Poopies is remaining light-hearted, joking: “I was in their living room, and it was dinnertime.”
During a similar stunt to Evgeniy’s in June, US daredevil Alex Harvey was thrown over his handlebars and slammed into a dirt mound – causing fatal injuries that he died from later in hospital.
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According to iFIBER One the fatal practice jump was the first he performed of the morning and was a 150-foot jump.
In a video of the accident, filmed from some distance away, he could be seen riding his bike before launching off a ramp into the air.
Tragically he didn’t make the other side and instead crashed into the dirt mound before being hurled forward.
