Apparently, filming has now been suspended after the stunt gone awry reportedly resulted in the serious injury of a 24-year-old extra in East Chicago. Below is a video and highlights of the report courtesy of SuperHeroHype. Various other sources are reporting that she was airlifted to hospital but neither they or Paramount/Dreamworks have released a statement giving an update on the situation.
A 24-year-old woman participating in a car stunt suffered a serious head injury during a 'Transformers 3' shoot in northwest Indiana one day before filming was supposed to conclude in the Chicago area.
Extra Gabriela Cedillo was injured on the set Wednesday night along a stretch of Cline Avenue, which was closed to traffic for filming, in East Chicago.
A stunt was apparently being performed during filming when Cedillo, who is not a stuntman, was hurt.
The vehicle was being towed by another vehicle," said fellow extra Blaine Baker. "The cable between the two vehicles broke. It whipped around and sliced through the woman's car and sliced through her skull, apparently."
A stuntman was tragically killed during the filming of The Dark Knight but hopefully this will not be the case here especially as this woman did nothing to put herself in harms way, and I'm sure you'll join me in wishing Gabriela a speedy recovery.
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