Monster Truck Shows Are Becoming Dangerous

There was a time when the only things in danger at a monster truck rally were the cars who were about to be trampled underneath the tires of trucks like Grave Digger. Those times are changing, and the name Grave Digger has taken on a whole new meaning.

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(George Eisenhart Jr. - the latest monster truck show fatality)

A week and a half ago, there was a six-year-old boy and an adult man who were both struck in the head by metal debris that flew off of a truck during a show in Tacoma, Washington. The six-year-old, Sebastian Hizey, would not survive the incident. Now for the second time in ten days somebody has lost their life at a monster truck show, though at least this time it wasn’t a spectator.

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