Escape artist pulls off coffin skydive at 14,500ft

An escape artist has parachuted safely to the ground after freeing himself from handcuffs and a locked coffin while it was falling at 210km/h from 14,500ft in the air.

Anthony Martin, 47, waved to a crowd after landing softly in a field in Illinois, about 113km south west of Chicago.

He said that after freeing himself, he watched the box plummet to the ground.