The rocket came straight down into the ground, Chapman said.
The rocket appeared to rub against the launch apparatus, which might have torn the parachutes attached to it, Chapman said. Justin Chapman, a freelance journalist, told the AP that he and his wife witnessed the crash. "It was unsuccessful, and he passed away," Waldo Stakes, a colleague who was at the rocket launch, told The Associated Press. The sheriff's department did not identify the person who died.
near Highway 247, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, which reported that a man died during a rocket launch event. Hughes died after the rocket crashed on private property about 1:52 p.m. Self-styled daredevil "Mad" Mike Hughes died Saturday after a homemade rocket in which he launched himself crashed into the ground near Barstow, his publicist confirmed.
Self-styled daredevil "Mad" Mike Hughes died Saturday after a homemade rocket in which he launched himself crashed into the ground near Barstow, his publicist confirmed.
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