Video footage of an accident on the set of the Eddie Murphy movie The Pickup was launched at present by the New York Instances.
A cellphone video of the April 20 accident reveals an SUV and armored truck colliding, then flipping over after veering off highway. The New York Instances obtained the footage and shared it Wednesday. Two folks had been hospitalized and several other others had been injured.
Within the video launched by the Instances, an armored truck pulls alongside an SUV after which swerves into it. The motion despatched each autos off the highway and into grass. The armored truck then rolls on high of the SUV, with each autos totally flipping earlier than touchdown upright. The video concludes with an individual’s physique hanging limply out of the armored truck door.
The precise reason behind the accident has not been revealed, though reviews point out the truck was meant to collide with the SUV as a part of a stunt sequence. OSHA and the Worldwide Alliance of Theatrical Stage Workers are investigating.
“On April 20, an accident occurred on the set of ‘The Pickup’ throughout a rehearsed second unit motion sequence. Sadly, the sequence didn’t go as deliberate and several other members of the crew had been injured in consequence,” a spokesperson for Amazon MGM Studios stated in an announcement Tuesday. “We’re nonetheless within the means of gathering info on what occurred and why, however at first our ideas are with those that are recovering. The well-being of the complete crew and forged is our first precedence, and we are going to proceed to insist on the highest business requirements of security whereas filming. All security precautions had been reviewed previous to and monitored through the shoot.”
