Things went horribly wrong on the set of “Deadpool 2” and a stuntwoman is now dead.
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According to TMZ, an unnamed stuntwoman was performing a stunt on a motorcycle on Monday when her bike crashed through the glass of a studio in Vancouver and she went airborne. Witnesses told the tabloid that she did not apply the brakes.
BREAKING: We've just learned the stunt woman who crashed into Shaw Tower has died, VPD and Worksafe BC investigating pic.twitter.com/6sXfR1CFgV
— Kurtis Doering (@KDnewsguy) August 14, 2017
The #Deadpool2 film crew is mostly gone after this morning's accident, except for this balloon cart. No word in the stuntwoman's condition pic.twitter.com/BIA8XBo7sp
— Kurtis Doering (@KDnewsguy) August 14, 2017
More photos of the crash. The window of the tower is totally smashed, filming seems to be wrapping up for the day now @NEWS1130 pic.twitter.com/0Pl9fHJzsE
— Kurtis Doering (@KDnewsguy) August 14, 2017
The rider, whose identity has not yet been revealed, was reportedly taken to the hospital by ambulance following the crash. Police are now investigating the area around Jack Poole Plaza.
Stunts on set have made headlines after Tom Cruise was recently filmed limping after failing to clear a jump between buildings on the set of “Mission Impossible 6.”
This is a developing story…