When backflips go wrong! Bungling acrobat breaks his neck in horrifying video

This is the stomach-churning moment a wannabe acrobat breaks his neck while trying to perform a backflip for social media. 

The bone-crunching blunder came while trying to shoot a clip for the Tik Tok viral video app.

But the man from Karnataka, India, failed to rotate his body all the way through the pivot which resulted in his folded neck being squashed between his body and the ground. 

The video shows the barefooted man taking a run-up towards a friend who is interlocking his fingers down by his waist to create a foothold

And the 30-second slow motion clip, which was supposed to capture a spectacular somersault, instead shows a rather painful pivot. 

The video shows the barefooted man, dressed in a pink top and dark tracksuits, in the park preparing to take a run-up.

He then rushes a few feet forwards towards his friend who is interlocking his fingers down by his waist to create a foothold.

The barefooted man stretches his right foot up and plants it down on to his friend’s hands which he uses to push off and spring backwards.

The barefooted man stretches his right foot up and plants it down on to his friend’s hands which he uses to push off and spring backwards

He flings his body backwards, but it is soon clear that he has not propelled himself hard enough

He flings his body backwards, but it is soon clear that he has not propelled himself hard enough. 

With his head propped forward so his chin is resting on his chest, the back of the man’s skull smacks into the floor before the rest of his torso collapsed on top of it.

The video ends with the gut-wrenching image of the man writhing on the grass and moving to nurse his head.

With his head propped forward so his chin is resting on his chest, the back of the man’s skull smacks into the floor before the rest of his torso collapsed on top of it