Daredevil 'Mad Mike' Hughes Dies In Homemade Rocket Crash In Calif.
BARSTOW (CBSLA) — Daredevil "Mad Mike" Hughes died after his homemade rocket crashed shortly after takeoff near Barstow, California.
Sources say the 64-year-old was using the rocket to try to get as close to space as possible. His empty parachute was captured on video falling back to earth.
Hughes was ejected from the rocket and fell to his death.
