'America's Got Talent: Extreme' Contestant Hospitalized After Escape Stunt Goes Wrong | HuffPost Entertainment - Action News
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Posted: 2021-10-16T09:20:02Z | Updated: 2021-10-16T12:29:34Z

A contestant on NBCs new Americas Got Talent: Extreme show was airlifted to a hospital after his act went wrong during rehearsals at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, on Thursday.

Escape artist Jonathan Goodwin, who reached the semifinal of last years regular Americas Got Talent show, reportedly fell dozens of feet to the ground after being crushed between two cars in midair, per multiple media outlets .

The Welsh-born performer, 41, was responsive and immediately taken to the hospital where he is continuing to receive medical care, a spokesperson for AGT: Extreme said in a statement to People magazine.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family as we await further updates on his condition, the representative added.

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