These are the final moments of a YouTuber known for doing tractor stunts before he was crushed to death while trying to do a wheelie in India.
The tragic accident occurred on Wednesday on a river bank in Panipat district of Haryana.
Nishu Deshwal, 22, who has more than 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube, lifted the front wheels of the heavy vehicle into the air, but when the rear wheels sank into the soft ground, the tractor collapsed on top of him. .
Deshwal, who was the father of one of them, was completely crushed between the two pieces of metal and died on the spot.
In one video, his friends can be heard crying in horror as it happens.
Nishu Deshwal, 22, the father of one of them, was completely crushed between the two pieces of metal and died on the spot.
He leaves behind a wife of a year and a half and a six-month-old son.
Deshwal’s YouTube channel has had over 300 million views, and his most viewed video garnered just 25 million views.
Apart from Deshwal’s YouTube channel, he also had an Instagram account with 1.3 million people.
The stuntman had spent the last three years entertaining viewers with stunts involving huge vehicles, often on incredibly soft and unstable terrain.
Fans have been speculating about what caused the tractor to fold in on itself.
One wrote: ‘This is an old tractor and did not have proper roll bars.
“The homemade roll bar collapsed as soon as the tractor rolled over, crushing it.”
Another wrote: ‘Looks like the back of the seat was the one that failed.
‘Presumably it was not designed to support the weight of about 40% of the tractor.
“It appears the ‘seat’ just broke and let the tractor fall ‘naturally’ on the poor man.”
Some fans have suggested that the tractor had a design flaw.
The stuntman had more than 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube and focused his channel on tractor stunts.
Deshwal’s YouTube channel has had over 300 million views, and his most viewed video garnered 25 million views alone.
The stuntman had spent the last three years entertaining viewers with stunts involving huge vehicles, often on incredibly soft and unstable terrain.
The YouTuber was the youngest in his family and leaves behind a wife and young son
They wrote: ‘Those bars are called the rollover protection system.
‘It looks like they folded.
“Maybe they were spares and weren’t the right size for the tractor because that’s exactly the type of accident it’s designed to prevent.”
A fourth fan wrote: ‘Tractors aren’t designed to do that.
“The weight of the engine went against all structural support and bent the chassis like a piece of corrugated cardboard.”
According to local reports, Deshwal was the youngest of two brothers and his father was a farmer.
