{"id":306430,"date":"2026-07-27T11:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306430\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T11:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:52:24","slug":"ny-circus-performer-airlifted-to-hospital-after-female-colleagues-arrow-misses-target-and-hits-his-neck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306430\/","title":{"rendered":"NY circus performer airlifted to hospital after female colleague&#8217;s arrow misses target and hits his neck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An upstate circus performer had to be airlifted to the hospital after a female colleague missed her target with her arrow and struck him in the neck, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>New York State Police said the incident happened while Ana Daza Tavera, 42, was performing with Edwin Cuervo Rangel, 38, at the Orange County Fair in Wallkill around 9:30 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The pair were undertaking the daring stunt where Daza Tavera took her bow and launched an arrow at a foam target held by Cuervo Rangel, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40097083\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/480631078_1076151194550822_3597838519397338131_n.jpg\" alt=\"Audience watching a circus performer on stage.\" class=\"wp-image-40097083\"  \/>A circus performer was shot in the neck with an arrow in an act-gone-awry upstate Friday. Facebook \/ Orange County Fair<\/p>\n<p>The arrow ended up striking Cuervo Rangel police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, last night, unfortunately, when she shot the crossbow, it caught him in his neck,\u201d Circus Murcia Ringmaster Benjamin Jackson<a href=\"https:\/\/westchester.news12.com\/circus-performer-injured-by-arrow-during-orange-county-fair-show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> told News 12.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe good news is, she caught him right at the very corner of the neck. There was no blood, nothing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The struck circus performer was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center, where he is in stable condition, according to authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.41818182;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40097091\" width=\"390\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/btn-circus-murcia_ae9b52.jpg\" alt=\"Circus tent decorated with red, white, and blue colors and stars, lit up at night.\" class=\"wp-image-40097091\"  \/>The shot man is expected to fully recover, circus officials said. Facebook \/ Orange County Fair<\/p>\n<p>Circus Murcia owner Alexander Murcia confirmed the incident in a statement and said Cuervo Rangel is expected to make \u201ca full recovery,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalleypost.com\/circus-performer-airlifted-after-arrow-strikes-him-orange-county-fair\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Hudson Valley Post.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts remain with him during his recovery, and we sincerely appreciate the outstanding care provided by the first responders, medical team, and everyone who assisted,\u201d Murcia said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said an investigation into the incident is still ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An upstate circus performer had to be airlifted to the hospital after a female colleague missed her target&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[115987,15123,57,9,24,55,54,56,779,817,58],"class_list":["post-306430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-arrow","tag-circus","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-orange-county","tag-upstate-new-york","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}