A driver is dead after his jet truck was engulfed in flames when he released his parachute while racing planes going 300mphs. The driver was killed during the 'pyrotechnic' event at the Battle Creek Air Show in Michigan shortly after 1pm on Saturday, police confirmed. Witnesses say the Shockwave jet truck was racing two planes that were going 300 mph. When the driver deployed his parachute, the truck reportedly engulfed in flames and a large plume of black smoke. '[The driver] was doing his show and going down the runway,' Suze Gusching, media relations for Field of Flight told the...