'I fell head first to the ground', Jonathan Goodwin tells Lorraine Kelly

An escapologist who appeared on Britain's Got Talent has described the moment he became paralysed in a stunt which went wrong on the set of America's Got Talent: Extreme.

Jonathan Goodwin, from Pembrokeshire, told ITV's Lorraine Kelly he only avoided death because he didn't hit his head when he fell 30ft between two burning cars, missing a safety airbag below.

Britain's Got Talent star left paralysed after stunt goes wrong
The 42-year-old stuntman appeared on the show with his fiancée, actress Amanda Abbington, on Friday (May 6).

He told Lorraine: “I’m not down about it. I’m doing as well as I can be. It was pretty gnarly. It sounds very dramatic sitting here but I nearly died… I saved my life because I fell upside down, head first to the ground but I didn’t hit my head.”

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