It's real. Was shown on TV late last night, or very early this morning. The video was quite clear on TV
Thanks, by now - more than 17 hours after the POS died - I too have found out that this pit was the scenery. ;-) Not very "stylish", imo. But then again, he deserved no better. And it´s strange that the broke his neck. He should not have died within seconds, rather minutes.