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Apr 8, 2014 · Indeed, helicopter crashes have taken more lives on film sets than any other type of accident in modern times. Since 1980, 33 film and TV workers — nearly one a year — have been killed in ...
Nov 4, 2021 · The use of aircraft and vehicles has been a common source of injury on film production sets over the years, according to OSHA, and misjudgment or the removal of safety devices were among the ...
Oct 22, 2021 · A helicopter crash on the Los Angeles set of the “Twilight Zone” movie killed the actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, Renee Shinn Chen and My-ca Dinh Lee, in July 1982.
Feb 1, 2024 · Rust. The most notable death in recent years on a movie set is, of course, the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust. Hutchins was killed when actor Alec Baldwin fired what ...
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Stuntwoman Joi "S.J." Harris died while on the set of "Deadpool 2" in Vancouver, a spokesman for the British Columbia Coroners Servicetold ABC News in 2017. Harris was a professional motorcycle road racer and died after she appeared to lose control of her motorcycle during a stunt and crashed through a window of a building during filming, according...
Stuntwoman Olivia Jackson was nearly killed after sustaining injuries from a motorcycle crash while on the set of "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter." As a result of the accident, Jackson's left arm was amputated. Jackson filed a lawsuit in 2019 against the writer and director of the movie, Paul W.S. Anderson, and producer, Jeremy Bolt, claiming tha...
Sarah Jones, a camera assistant, died while on location to shoot the Gregg Allman biopic "Midnight Rider" in Jessup, Georgia. Jones was killed by an unexpected train after the production crew failed to get proper permission to shoot on the tracks. Jones' parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit in 2014 alleging the film site was "unreasonably dangero...
Michael Bridger, a diver and crew member on the set of "The Lone Ranger," drowned during production. The Associated Press reported in 2016that the film paid $61,445 penalty for his death, the highest fine related to a set accident.
Conway Wickliffe, a special effects technician, was killed while shooting a stunt for the "Batman" sequel, "The Dark Night." Wickliffe reportedly died in a car accident after his vehicle crashed into a tree at the end of a test run-through, Reuters reported in 2007.
Brandon Lee, the son of late martial artist Bruce Lee, was shot in the abdomenafter a prop gun misfired while on the set "The Crow." Lee underwent six hours of surgery before he was declared dead at 28. Lee's family spoke out Fridayabout the prop-gun related death of Hutchins. "Our hearts go out to the family of Halyna Hutchins and to Joel Souza an...
Actor Jon-Erik Hexum died from an accidental self-inflictedgunshot wound while on the set of the television series, "Cover Up." The 26-year-old actor fatally shot himself in the head with a pro-gun that was loaded with a blank.
A helicopter crash on the setof "Twilight Zone: The Movie" killed three actors, two of them children, and injured six. The director, an associate producer, the helicopter pilot, the production manager and explosives specialist were tried and acquitted on charges of manslaughterin 1986 and 1987, according to a New York Times article from 1987. The s...
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Nov 6, 2021 · After a 1982 helicopter crash on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie killed three people, including two children, the Screen Actor's Guild put together a 24-hour hotline for people to call with ...
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From 1980 to 1990, there were 37 deaths relating to accidents during stunts; 24 of these deaths involved the use of helicopters. [1] According to an article by the New York Times following the fatal shooting incident on the film set of Rust , there have been at least 194 serious accidents in American television and film sets from 1990 to 2014, and at least 43 deaths, quoted by Associated Press .
