A person was killed after the jet-powered truck he was racing exploded throughout an occasion at an air present in Battle Creek, Michigan, on Saturday, July 2. Native police mentioned the deceased, 40 year-old Chris Darnell, was driving a Shockwave Jet Truck at Battle Creek Discipline of Flight Air Present and Balloon Pageant. An investigation into the reason for the incident was being carried out by police, fireplace and federal aviation authorities, police mentioned. Footage by Michael Mullet exhibits the truck racing two planes down the tarmac on the Battle Creek Government Airport at Kellogg Discipline earlier than it bursts into flames and rolls off onto an adjoining area. The massive explosion seen within the video was a part of a deliberate pyrotechnic facet of the occasion, studies mentioned. Credit score: Michael Mullet through Storyful