Nine people have been left injured after a performance of the motorcycle trick; 'Globe of Death' went horribly wrong.
During the stunt performed at Circo D'Italia Circus in Lima, Peru, a motorcycle performer falls on top of the group inside the globe, leaving five of the nine involved hospitalised in a serious conditions.
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The trick involves a group of stunt motorcyclists riding around the inside of a mesh ball, looping around the inside both horizontally and vertically, essentially defying gravity.
There have been three performance-related deaths on record.
In video footage filmed by a spectator, the stunt riders are seen speeding inside the metal ball, but one of them falls off.
Circus spokesman Fernando Angeles confirmed that nine people were injured after the motorcyclist fell from the top of the sphere onto the other participants.
"Every bike is checked before the event, but the truth is we do not know what happened. Sometimes these things are out of our hands," he said.
They were attended to by circus paramedics and taken to a nearby clinic in San Pablo, local media reported.
The show came to a quick end and the circus confirmed they would no longer be performing the 'Globe of Death' trick.
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