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Michael Bay and the producers of Transformers 3 could be in a world of hurt, though probably not as much as Gabriela Cedillo, a twenty four year old Chicago bank teller hospitalized yesterday after an on set accident left her with serious head injuries.
According to both the LA Times and Deadline, Cedillo was working on set as an extra when a stunt sequence went badly wrong. This would be bad enough but making it even worse are reports that Cedillo - very definitely NOT a trained stunt performer - was involved in a stunt sequence at the time, according to one report having been paid a measly twenty five bucks to allow her car to be hooked up to a cable rig that was towing her car through an elaborate action sequence when the cable snapped and smashed through her windshield while the car smashed into the concrete median barrier wall on the highway where they were shooting. Initial news reports tell the story of where Cedillo was at the time of the accident slightly differently but given that they'll have gotten their information from a paid publicist attached to the film while the Deadline report came from an anonymous witness on set, I'm a bit more inclined to believe Deadline's account.
According to both the LA Times and Deadline, Cedillo was working on set as an extra when a stunt sequence went badly wrong. This would be bad enough but making it even worse are reports that Cedillo - very definitely NOT a trained stunt performer - was involved in a stunt sequence at the time, according to one report having been paid a measly twenty five bucks to allow her car to be hooked up to a cable rig that was towing her car through an elaborate action sequence when the cable snapped and smashed through her windshield while the car smashed into the concrete median barrier wall on the highway where they were shooting. Initial news reports tell the story of where Cedillo was at the time of the accident slightly differently but given that they'll have gotten their information from a paid publicist attached to the film while the Deadline report came from an anonymous witness on set, I'm a bit more inclined to believe Deadline's account.
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"Preliminary investigation revealed that shortly before 7 p.m, the movie crew was filming a stunt using numerous vehicles and drivers,” authorities said in a statement. “During this stunt, an object struck a 2006 Toyota, hitting the vehicle, and then went through the windshield hitting the driver.”
Her car in turn plowed into a median barrier wall and continued on about a mile before coming to a halt.
A local ABC affiliate identified the victim as 24-year-old Gabriela Cedillo and quoted a fellow extra as saying she had been injured by a tow cable that came loose.
“The vehicle was being towed by another vehicle,” extra Blaine Baker told the station. “The cable between the two vehicles broke. It whipped around and sliced through the woman’s car and sliced through her skull, apparently.”
The equipment pertaining to the stunt was impounded by the Indiana State Police. The victim was airlifted to a local hospital and is currently in critical condition.
Her car in turn plowed into a median barrier wall and continued on about a mile before coming to a halt.
A local ABC affiliate identified the victim as 24-year-old Gabriela Cedillo and quoted a fellow extra as saying she had been injured by a tow cable that came loose.
“The vehicle was being towed by another vehicle,” extra Blaine Baker told the station. “The cable between the two vehicles broke. It whipped around and sliced through the woman’s car and sliced through her skull, apparently.”
The equipment pertaining to the stunt was impounded by the Indiana State Police. The victim was airlifted to a local hospital and is currently in critical condition.
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This could end the movie production, hopefully not, and definitely not the woman's life.
Edited by WarMenace, 03 September 2010 - 20:27.
