Announcer Killed at Monster Truck Show
The promoter and announcer of a Monster Truck Nationals show in Madison, Wisconsin, was struck and killed Saturday night by a monster truck on the floor of the Alliant Energy Center.
The Wisconsin State Journal said the man was George Eisenhart Jr., 41, of Chardon, Ohio.
It was the second monster truck and thrill show death in one week. On Jan. 16, 6-year-old Sebastian Hizey died at Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, after a frisbee-sized chunk of metal flew off a truck that was doing donuts. The show in Tacoma was unaffiliated with the show in Madison, which was staged by Image Promotions Ltd of Chardon, Ohio, according to Image Productions’ website.
WKOW-TV in Madison received a video of the crash, which showed Eisenhart on the floor of the arena, about 10 or 15 feet from the side boards. A frame of the video taken one second before impact showed him about to get run over by the monster truck’s oversized front left tire.
An ambulance was called to the floor of the arena and the victim was taken away on a stretcher. Authorities said he died at University of Wisconsin Hospital.
Eisenhart was interviewed by WKOW-TV in advance of the weekend’s scheduled entertainment. They identified him as the president of Image Productions. Eisenhart gave the following quote on the topic of accidents at monster truck rallies: “This is our 16th year, and I wish I had a big peice of wood to knock on right now but we have not had an incident besides a gal slipping in the aisle at another location,” Eisenhart told the interviewer.
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