Motorcycle daredevil Alex Harvill dies in crash practicing for world record jump
June 17, 2021
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(MOSES LAKE, Wash.) — Daredevil motorcycle rider Alex Harvill died in a crash Thursday while practicing for a record jump.
Harvill, 28, was practicing at the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, when the accident occurred, according to the Grant County Coroner’s Office.
The record jump was set to take place at the Moses Lake Airshow on Thursday morning, but he was fatally injured in a warmup jump prior to the record attempt. It was the first scheduled event of the three-day show.
Harvill was attempting to break the distance record for longest motorcycle jump, set at 351 feet by Robbie Maddison in March 2008.