>> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. DO:UG WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT BREAKING NEWS ON A MOVIE SET NEAR SANTA FE. SHELLY: WE KNOWN ACCIDENT ONSET HAS KILLED ONE PERSOANN D INJURED ANOTHE R.BREANNA IS LIVE FOR US AGAIN. THE SANTA FE SHERIFF’S OFFICE GAVE AN UPDATE LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR AGO. REPORT:ER ABSOLUTELY. AS YOU MENTION, ONE PERSON HAS EDDI OET.NS ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE COUNTY DEPUTIES, THEY WERE CALLED TO THE RANCH JTUS BEFORE 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THEY ARRIVE, THEY FOUND TWO PEOPLE SHOP RING THE FILMING OF THE SCENE ONSET OF THE WESTERN MOVIE RTEOSR. THE SCENE INVOLVE THE USE OF A GUN, IT WAS SHOT. A 42-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS AIRLIFTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL, SHE LATER DIED. A 42-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ALSO TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, HE IS RECEIVING EMERGENCY CARE. PRODUCTION HAS INSULTED FOR NOW. REPORTING LIVE IN SANTA FE. DO:UG IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED AT THAT RANCH. A MAN STABBED HIS CO-WORKER ON A FILM SET I PLUS YEARS AGO. THE CTVIIM TOLD DEPUTIES HE WAS ARGUING WITH JAMES RUELAS AND WAS CALLED TO AN EMPTY ROOM, THE VICTIM THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO APOLOGIZE BUT INSTEAD, RUELAS ATTACKED HIM WITH A CARVING KNTACKED HIM WITH A CARVING
TV and movie set mishaps more common than many realize
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Updated: 8:57 PM MDT Oct 21, 2021
Movie set mishaps may be more common than many realize.According to an Associated Press investigation from 2016, at least 43 people died on U.S. TV and film sets since 1990. Meanwhile, more than 150 were left with life-altering injuries during that time.But even then, those incidents were likely undercounted, the AP reported at the time.And while the misfire on the set of "Rust" is the most recent incident, it’s not the first time a prop gun accidentally fired on a movie set.Related: Alec Baldwin discharged prop gun killing woman on 'Rust' movie setIn 1993, actor Brandon Lee, who was Bruce Lee’s son, was shot and killed on the set of "The Crow" with a prop gun.Lee’s death garnered worldwide attention and prompted changes on how firearms are treated on sets. Yet it also illustrates the paltry sums companies face after serious accidents. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the company making the "The Crow" $84,000, but later reduced the penalty to $55,000."The Crow" grossed more than $50 million.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
SANTA FE, N.M. — Movie set mishaps may be more common than many realize.
According to an Associated Press investigation from 2016, at least 43 people died on U.S. TV and film sets since 1990. Meanwhile, more than 150 were left with life-altering injuries during that time.
But even then, those incidents were likely undercounted, the AP reported at the time.
And while the misfire on the set of "Rust" is the most recent incident, it’s not the first time a prop gun accidentally fired on a movie set.
Related: Alec Baldwin discharged prop gun killing woman on 'Rust' movie set
In 1993, actor Brandon Lee, who was Bruce Lee’s son, was shot and killed on the set of "The Crow" with a prop gun.
Lee’s death garnered worldwide attention and prompted changes on how firearms are treated on sets. Yet it also illustrates the paltry sums companies face after serious accidents. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the company making the "The Crow" $84,000, but later reduced the penalty to $55,000.
"The Crow" grossed more than $50 million.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
