The death of an Onchan stuntman was an accident an inquest jury has ruled.
Twenty four year old "human cannonball" Matt Cranch suffered multiple injuries after a safety net which should have broken his fall collapsed and he fell to the ground.
He had been performing at a stunt show at the Kent County Showground in Detling on April 25 2011 when the accident happened.
A two-day inquest in Maidstone, heard that a mechanism which triggered the release of the safety net was not properly set.
Tests carried out following the tragedy showed the mechanism could be unintentionally falsely closed, leading to the net dropping when the lorry recoiled as it fired of the cannon.
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