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Youth injured during TikTok stunt dies
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Kumar (right) performing the stunt.
Kumar (right) performing the stunt.

A 23-year-old man, who fractured his spinal cord while performing a somersault for a video meant to be uploaded on TikTok mobile application recently, died during the course of treatment at a hospital in Bengaluru on Sunday.

Kumar, a singer and dancer in orchestras, had jumped backwards while recording a stunt for the video app, in Godekere village of Tumakuru district on June 15. He lost balance, fell down and fractured his spinal chord.

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(Published 24 June 2019, 00:28 IST)