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Daredevil Biker Alex Harvill Killed Trying to Breaking World Jump Record

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Alex Harvill crashed into a dirt berm and was thrown over the handlebars.

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Daredevil biker Alex Harvill was killed when he was thrown off his motorcycle while practicing to beat a world record at an airport in Washington State. TMZ reports that video of the horrific accident shows the 28-year-old—who became a father for the second time last month—launching off a ramp, coming up short, and then crashing into a dirt landing ramp more than 300 feet away. Harvill set a Guinness World Record in 2013, making a 297-foot dirt-to-dirt jump; he was hoping to beat the 351-foot ramp-to-dirt jump completed by Australian Robbie Maddison in 2008.

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