New Zealand man nearly decapitated by homemade hovercraft
A New Zealand man building a homemade hovercraft was nearly decapitated when a rotor blade snapped free and struck him at a high rate of speed, officials say.
Dr. Alistair Kenneth Senior, 40, of Auckland was working with several other engineers on the hobby project when the mishap occurred - killing him instantly.
"It was extremely disturbing for everyone who was out there," police Sgt. Colin Nuttall told the New Zealand Herald.
Nuttall said the machine Senior was working on was something officers had never seen, making it hard to figure out exactly what happened.
"It's something out of the norm for us," he said. "It was a personally built piece of machinery for personal use."
A death notice said Senior had "died in pursuit of his dream."
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