Dare-devil dies while crossing ravine hanging by his pony tail. Guinness record holder dies while trying to cross Teesta on zip wire: Stuntman dies during world record attempt as he tried to cross river on a zip-wire attached to his hair. A man with a Guinness World Record for travelling the farthest distance on a zip wire attached to a tuft of his hair died while performing the stunt across the Teesta at Sevoke near Siliguri in West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Sunday.
Sailendra Nath Roy (48) was trying to cross the river suspended from a 600 feet zip cable at a height of 70 feet near the Coronation Bridge. A large number of people had gathered to watch the act.
After covering about 40 per cent of the distance, Mr. Roy could not progress further. Amidst cheers and screams of hundreds of onlookers, he desperately tried to move forward, hanging from the cable and using his hand to inch ahead. Suddenly, there was no movement, and after about 45 minutes, he was brought down.
Mr. Roy was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. He had suffered a massive heart attack.
'Mr. Roy was a home guard with the Siliguri Metropolitan Police. He was a professional stunt man and had performed such acts across the country and abroad. He was on leave today,' K. Jayaraman, Commissioner of the Siliguri Metropolitan Police, told The Hindu over the telephone.
According to eyewitnesses, .
Dare-devil dies while crossing ravine hanging by his pony tail. Guinness record holder dies while trying to cross Teesta on zip wire: Stuntman dies during world record attempt as he tried to cross river on a zip-wire attached to his hair. A man with a Guinness World Record for travelling the farthest distance on a zip wire attached to a tuft of his hair died while performing the stunt across the Teesta at Sevoke near Siliguri in West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Sunday.
Sailendra Nath Roy (48) was trying to cross the river suspended from a 600 feet zip cable at a height of 70 feet near the Coronation Bridge. A large number of people had gathered to watch the act.
After covering about 40 per cent of the distance, Mr. Roy could not progress further. Amidst cheers and screams of hundreds of onlookers, he desperately tried to move forward, hanging from the cable and using his hand to inch ahead. Suddenly, there was no movement, and after about 45 minutes, he was brought down.
Mr. Roy was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. He had suffered a massive heart attack.
'Mr. Roy was a home guard with the Siliguri Metropolitan Police. He was a professional stunt man and had performed such acts across the country and abroad. He was on leave today,' K. Jayaraman, Commissioner of the Siliguri Metropolitan Police, told The Hindu over the telephone.
According to eyewitnesses,
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Ponytail stuntman Sailendra Nath Roy dies on a zip-line in India.
A DAREDEVIL who held the Guinness World Record for distance travelled on a zip-line while hanging by his hair has died while performing a new stunt.
Sailendra Nath Roy, a 49-year-old police driver from India, was attempting to cross the turbulent River Teesta on Sunday in the state of West Bengal on a 180m wire above the water.
After attaching his shoulder-length hair to a pulley on the zip-line, Roy had completed about half of the distance when his pony-tail became entangled and he found himself unable to move, an AFP photographer at the scene said.
Hundreds of spectators initially cheered him on, but then began screaming in horror when they saw the married father of two sons making increasingly desperate attempts to move forward.
'Roy tried frantically to get hold of a second rope to reach the finishing point,' senior local police officer K. Jayaraman told AFP.
After about 20 minutes, he became motionless and was eventually rescued by local people. No ambulance or a doctor was present during the performance, which was watched by his family.
The driver, who had taken the day off work to perform, was admitted to hospital in Siliguri, 450 kilometres away, where he was declared dead by doctors of a suspected heart attack.
'Preliminary investigations suggest that Roy suffered an heart attack caused by a nervous breakdown after remaining
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A DAREDEVIL who held the Guinness World Record for distance travelled on a zip-line while hanging by his hair has died while performing a new stunt.
Sailendra Nath Roy, a 49-year-old police driver from India, was attempting to cross the turbulent River Teesta on Sunday in the state of West Bengal on a 180m wire above the water.
After attaching his shoulder-length hair to a pulley on the zip-line, Roy had completed about half of the distance when his pony-tail became entangled and he found himself unable to move, an AFP photographer at the scene said.
Hundreds of spectators initially cheered him on, but then began screaming in horror when they saw the married father of two sons making increasingly desperate attempts to move forward.
'Roy tried frantically to get hold of a second rope to reach the finishing point,' senior local police officer K. Jayaraman told AFP.
After about 20 minutes, he became motionless and was eventually rescued by local people. No ambulance or a doctor was present during the performance, which was watched by his family.
The driver, who had taken the day off work to perform, was admitted to hospital in Siliguri, 450 kilometres away, where he was declared dead by doctors of a suspected heart attack.
'Preliminary investigations suggest that Roy suffered an heart attack caused by a nervous breakdown after remaining suspended for several minutes,' sai
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A stuntman’s attempt to cross India’s Teesta River by his ponytail, a pulley and a zipline proved fatal.
Sailendra Nath Roy, a Guinness World Record holder for traveling the farthest distance on a zipline using his hair, died from a heart attack Sunday while trying to repeat the stunt, BBC reports.
Roy had attached his hair to a pulley and was attempting to cross the 600-foot long zip wire that hung 70 feet above the water when his hair became tangled roughly halfway across and he became stuck.
'He was desperately trying to move forward. He was trying to scream out some instruction. But no one could follow what he was saying. After struggling for 30 minutes, he became still,' Balai Sutradhar, a photographer, told BBC.
Roy hanged for 45 minutes before being pulled to shore. Besides his lifejacket, no emergency measures were implemented. Police say Roy didn’t have permission to perform the stunt.
“Preliminary investigations suggest that Roy suffered a heart attack caused by a nervous breakdown after remaining suspended for several minutes,' B.R. Satpathi, from West Bengal state's medical services, told India Times.
His family watched the stunt, which he said would be his last, a friend told BBC.
In 2011, Roy made it into the Guinness World Records for crossing 270.6 feet on a zipwire using his hair. Last year, he tied a chain to his hair and dragged an eng
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Guinness record holder dies while trying to cross Teesta on zip wire: Stuntman dies during world record attempt as he tried to cross river on a zip-wire attached to his hair. A man with a Guinness World Record for travelling the farthest distance on a zip wire attached to a tuft of his hair died while performing the stunt across the Teesta at Sevoke near Siliguri in West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Sunday.
Sailendra Nath Roy (48) was trying to cross the river suspended from a 600 feet zip cable at a height of 70 feet near the Coronation Bridge. A large number of people had gathered to watch the act.
After covering about 40 per cent of the distance, Mr. Roy could not progress further. Amidst cheers and screams of hundreds of onlookers, he desperately tried to move forward, hanging from the cable and using his hand to inch ahead. Suddenly, there was no movement, and after about 45 minutes, he was brought down.
Mr. Roy was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. He had suffered a massive heart attack.
'Mr. Roy was a home guard with the Siliguri Metropolitan Police. He was a professional stunt man and had performed such acts across the country and abroad. He was on leave today,' K. Jayaraman, Commissioner of the Siliguri Metropolitan Police, told The Hindu over the
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An Indian man who tried to cross the Teesta River suspended by a zip line attached to his ponytail died of a heart attack during the stunt, officials said.
Sailendra Nath Roy, 48, was attempting to cross the river alongside the Coronation Bridge near Siliguri suspended from a 600-foot zip wire Sunday, the BBC reported Monday.
Witnesses said Roy, who was wearing a life jacket, appeared to be stalled after traveling about 300 feet.
'He was desperately trying to move forward. He was trying to scream out some instruction. But no one could follow what he was saying. After struggling for 30 minutes he became still,' Balai Sutradhar, a photographer covering the stunt, told the BBC.
Police said he was suspended for nearly 45 minutes before he was brought down. There had been no emergency personnel at the scene.
Doctors at a local hospital said Roy had a 'massive heart attack.'
Police said he did not have permission to perform the stunt.
In March 2011, Roy was recognized as a Guinness World Record holder for traveling the farthest on a zip line using hair.
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* Sailendra Nath Roy, 50, was trying to cross Teesta River, in Darjeeling
* His hair became stuck in the wheeler about half way through stunt
* Tried to free himself but suffered massive cardiac arrest .
A stuntman died yesterday during a world record attempt as he tried to cross a river on a zip-wire attached only to his hair.
Sailendra Nath Roy, 50, was half way through the stunt when his ponytail became stuck in the wheeler of the rope and he was left hanging in mid-air for about 25 minutes.
Despite desperate attempts to free himself, it is believed Mr Roy then suffered a major cardiac arrest and died.
Mr Roy, a West Bengal Police home guard, already held the Guinness world record for the farthest distance travelled on a zip wire using his hair. Mr Roy attempted to free himself after his ponytail became caught in the wheeler and then tried to continue the crossing using only his hands.
However, local media said he then suffered a massive cardiac arrest.
Rescuers brought him down from the Coronation Bridge about 45 minutes later.
He was taken to a nearby hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
Onlookers said spectators had initially failed to realise Mr Roy was in trouble because of the cheers coming from the crowd.
The stuntman had held several Guinness world records for pulling vehicles with his hair.
He attracted
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Sailendra Nath Roy trying the stunt, moments before his death
An Indian Guinness World Record holder who attempted to cross a river suspended from a zip wire attached to his ponytail has died during the stunt.
Sailendra Nath Roy, 48, was performing the feat on the Teesta river in West Bengal when he suffered a heart attack.
Hundreds of spectators watched his last moments in horror.
In March 2011, Mr Roy was named a Guinness World Record holder for travelling the farthest distance on a zip wire using hair.
He worked as a driver for the police.
Mr Roy was trying to cross the Coronation Bridge over the Teesta river near Siliguri town suspended from a zip wire 600ft (180m) long at a height of 70ft (20m).
Hanging for 45 minutes:-
A large number of people had gathered on the bridge to watch the feat.
Witnesses said that Mr Roy appeared to make no progress after covering about 300ft (90m).
'He was desperately trying to move forward. He was trying to scream out some instruction. But no one could follow what he was saying. After struggling for 30 minutes he became still,' said Balai Sutradhar, a photographer, who was covering the stunt.
Police said he was hanging for nearly 45 minutes before he was brought down.
Doctors at the hospital said he had suffered a 'massive heart attack'.
Mr Roy
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The world record holder was trying to cross the River Teesta on a 600ft zip-line suspended by his hair when he became entangled.
An Indian man who holds the Guinness World Record for covering the longest distance on a zip-line while hanging by his hair has died while performing a stunt.
Sailendra Nath Roy, a 49-year-old police officer, was attempting to cross the River Teesta in the state of West Bengal on Sunday on a 180m (594ft) wire above the water.
After attaching his shoulder-length hair to a pulley on the wire, Mr Roy had completed around half the distance but then became entangled and found himself unable to move.
Hundreds of spectators initially cheered him on, but then began screaming in horror when they saw he was making increasingly desperate attempts to move forward.
Senior police officer K Jayaraman said: 'Roy tried frantically to get hold of a second rope to reach the finishing point.'
After several minutes, Mr Roy stopped moving and was eventually rescued. No ambulance or doctor was present during the stunt.
He was admitted to hospital in nearby Siliguri, but was declared dead by doctors after a suspected heart attack.
A post-mortem examination is expected to be completed later on Monday.
Mr Roy achieved the Guinness World Record after covering 82.5m (271ft) on a zip-line while attached by his hair in 2011 at the Neemrana Fort, a heri
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