A 20-year-old was killed in a ‘Starsky and Hutch’-style stunt trying to jump 30ft across a harbor in his car.


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Jamie Hocking had told friends he would one day use a pier as a ramp and leap over the water in his Rover hatchback and land on the other side. But when he came to carry out the dare at the quayside in Porthleven, Cornwall, his car toppled straight over the edge and plunged into the sea. Eyewitness Helen Sankey told an inquest that Mr Hocking - who was over twice the drink-drive limit - had tried to jump the gap by accelerating ‘violently’. She said: ‘I could see a car going forwards and backwards into a chain preventing access to the harbourside. 'I ran back into the pub to get help before returning to the scene. The car was accelerating violently. 'It made a final run at the chain and this time made it through.’ Mr Hocking, described as a ‘happy-go-lucky’ farm worker of Helston, Cornwall, died on December 18 last year after a Christmas party with friends.

Source: Man dies trying to leap 30ft across harbour in his Rover hatchback

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