Stunt gone wrong

Unless you live in Germany, Switzerland or Austria you may not be aware of the hugely popular TV show 'Wetten, dass' (Wanna bet) which has been going for nigh on 30 years. We rarely watch it, but last night, with a great line-up promised (Justin Biber, Take That etc... our children could hardly contain themselves) we decided to have a family viewing! The programme started so well, but the first 'bet', a stunt where a 23 year old drama student tried to somersault over 5 moving cars within 4 minutes, wearing power jumpers (those bendy stilt things, also known as kangaroo shoes) went horribly, horribly wrong. Unfortunately, as he jumped over the fourth car, which was being driven by his father, he landed badly and then fell flat on the hard studio floor. They stopped the programme and we've since heard that he is in an artificial coma, with critical spinal injuries. Sure, he took a risk, but poor guy. We're all thinking of him.