A popular event at Lake Havasu City in Arizona could have easily turned fatal following a wild powerboat crash.
The 42 square-mile location, near the California border, is the host of the annual Desert Storm Shootout. This event, held over several days, features powerboats, and racers do their best to entertain spectators.
Two such crew members belonging to the Freedom One racing team got on board a custom 388 Skater branded America One on the day. The vessel boasts a pair of 4,000 horsepower engines that helped it peak a previous record, but it wasn’t without incident.
The racers got inside, hoping to break the Desert Storm Shootout’s top speed of 206 MPH. They reached 210 MPH before the boat suddenly launched out of the water, flipped several times in the air, and came crashing down.
You could see the terrifying incident in the video below:
🚨#BREAKING: Watch wild and terrifying footage as a high powered speedboat traveling over 200 mph launches into the air then crashes violently into the water ⁰⁰📌#LakeHavasu | #Arizona⁰⁰Watch wild and terrifying footage captured from multiple angles as a high-powered… pic.twitter.com/3P2WWVIwPx
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Pilots Involved IN Powerboat Crash Sustain Injuries And Are In Good Spirits
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AZ Family has reported that one of the racers sustained a broken collarbone while the other fractured his knee.
You can see footage from the interior here, too:
The conditions are thought to have contributed to the accident, with winds said to have reached up to 30 MPH in the area.
Fortunately, the pilots are said to be in good spirits and are expected to make a full recovery, with the same expectations surrounding the boat.
Folks have been chasing the record of 317.596 MPH set by Ken Darby in 1978 for a long time, with several people losing their lives in pursuit of the record. The men in question are quite lucky to walk away with relatively minor injuries.
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