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Re-enactor dies in Time Team jousting accident

A born-again Christian and devoted husband died days after a freak accident during a jousting re-enactment, which was being filmed for the Channel Four television series Time Team.

Paul Allen was struck by a splinter from a balsa wood lance, which flew through the eye slit on his helmet after impact with his shield and went into his eye socket. The historical performer underwent emergency surgery in hospital in Coventry but died a week later.

Mr Allen, a member of the re-enactment society the Hoplite Association and several other groups, was taking part in an episode focused on Edward III's Round Table at Windsor Castle, which was being filmed at Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire, on Sept 13.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)