Stunt Driver Killed on Deadpool 2 Set

Sources say it was a woman riding a motorcycle
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 14, 2017 2:50 PM CDT
Stunt Driver Killed on Deadpool 2 Set
A police officer stands at the scene as a motorcycle lies on the ground after a female stunt driver working on the movie "Deadpool 2" died after a crash on set, in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday Aug. 14, 2017.    (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

A stuntperson has been killed on the set of Deadpool 2, a spokesperson for distributor 20th Century Fox confirms to ABC News. Details, including the identity of the stunt driver involved in the Vancouver accident, were not immediately available, but sources tell TMZ the Monday morning accident involved a female motorcycle rider who went airborne somehow while filming a scene for the movie. The sources say she never applied the brakes, and her bike ultimately crashed through the glass of a studio inside Shaw Tower. (A stuntman recently died on the set of The Walking Dead).

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