Horror as remote-control helicopter stunt pilot, 19, partially-decapitates himself with his aircraft after he lost control

Roman Pirozek Jr, 19, was an avid RC helicopter hobbyist

He specialized in performing dare-devil tricks with his powerful $1,500 model helicopter

His own father watched as the blades of the 6-pound RC flyer sliced off a piece of his head

He was dead when police arrived

A 19-year-old New York City man has died after partially-decapitating himself with his own remote-controlled helicopter.



Roman Pirozek Jr, was pulling a stunt with the chopper at a Brooklyn park Thursday afternoon when he lost control and the RC device flew into his head. The blades sliced off a piece of his skull and slashed his throat.



Pirozek was an avid model helicopter enthusiast, who was vice-president of a local hobby club. He posted several videos of himself flying helicopters on YouTube.

One clip shows him putting his Trex 700 helicopter through incredible tricks. The video culminates with him dropping the $1,500 model from the sky, only to restart the rotor when it is just inches from his head.



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Tragic: Roman Pirozek Jr, 19, is pictured here with the model helicopter that killed him. He was an enthusiast who was a member of a New York RC helicopter club Tricks: A video posted on Pirozek's YouTube page a year ago shows him performing multiple stunts with his RC chopper - including some that appear to be close to his own head Crime scene: Police detectives examine the high-end $1,500 RC helicopter that sliced off a piece of Priozek's head on Thursday

Deadly instrument: This is a piece of the carbon-fiber model helicopter propeller that sliced off a piece of Pirozek's head

The high-end RC helicopter has a blade span of 62 inches, with a rotor that spins at more than 2,000rpm. It weighs a little over six pounds.



Pirozek's own father watched in horror as his son's helicopter slashed off a chunk of his head , the Wall Street Journal reports.

The teenager was dead when police arrived at the field. Pictures from the scene show the remote control near his covered body.

'He was known to be aggressive in his flying and often executed tricks. He was executing a trick when he was struck,' a police source told the Journal.



Pirozek and at least three other members of his model helicopter club, Seaview Rotary Wings, were at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn, New York, near Coney Island.



The park is a designated spot for model aircraft enthusiasts to fly their creations.

Police say Roman Pirozek Jr., 19, was dead when officers arrived on the scene. His remote control can be seen nearby

Pirozek's father reportedly watched him die. Friends said the father got his son interested in remote control helicopter flying

Deadly consequences: Priozek's shattered sunglasses and a piece of the rotor can be seen next to the sheet that covers his body

Priozek was vice-president of Seaview Rotatary Rings and recently participated in a demonstration in Delaware.

An aerial photo taken from a WNBC news chopper showed a Brooklyn detective examining the small toy, which landed on its rotor in the grass. His body was just 20 feet away.



Police say the aircraft fell from the sky and slashed him in the head and the throat on the way down.

Pirozek's family said his father, Roman Pirozek Sr., introduced his son to the hobby.







