“She lost control really quickly. It happened in a split second. She was going full throttle and then there’s a building there,” he said.
Another witness, SharminaKermalli, said she had just walked into a Starbucks next door to where the accident happened when she heard a loud crash. She ran outside and saw glass still falling on the body of the motorcycle driver.
The name of the stunt woman was not immediately released.
According to the local Police,WorkSafeBC, the British Columbia provincial workplace safety agency, and the coroner’s service were investigating. Trish Knight Chernecki of WorkSafe BC said some investigators are looking at any possible occupational health and safety issues while others examine the cause of the crash and prevention in the future.
Ryan Reynolds, who is a native of Vancouver, playing the Marvel Comics superhero Deadpool in the 20th Century Fox movie, said his heart “pours out to them — along with each and every person she touched in this world.”A motorcycle stunt rider working on the upcoming superhero movie Deadpool 2 has died in a crash during filming in downtown Vancouver on Monday.
The film’s star Ryan Reynolds released a statement on Twitter a few hours after the accident, mourning the death of the stuntwoman.
“Today, we tragically lost a member of our crew while filming Deadpool,” the actor wrote. “We’re heartbroken, shocked and devastated ... but recognise nothing can compare to the grief and inexplicable pain her family and loved ones must feel in this moment.”
A image was later released, showing a crumpled motorcycle, lying on its side on the pavement outside the Shaw Tower office building, where a window was seen smashed.
Nathan Kramchynski, a witness to the accident, who works on the seventh floor of Shaw Tower, said he watched rehearsals of the stunt outside the Vancouver Convention Centre.
He said that the stuntwoman had been riding the motorcycle down a set of stairs from the centre and stopped when she reached the street.
But when the accident happened, the driver appeared to pick up speed, crossed the street and swerved to avoid pedestrians before disappearing from his view, Kramchynski added.
“She lost control really quickly. It happened in a split second. She was going full throttle and then there’s a building there,” he said.
Another witness, SharminaKermalli, said she had just walked into a Starbucks next door to where the accident happened when she heard a loud crash. She ran outside and saw glass still falling on the body of the motorcycle driver.
The name of the stunt woman was not immediately released.
According to the local Police,WorkSafeBC, the British Columbia provincial workplace safety agency, and the coroner’s service were investigating. Trish Knight Chernecki of WorkSafe BC said some investigators are looking at any possible occupational health and safety issues while others examine the cause of the crash and prevention in the future.
Ryan Reynolds, who is a native of Vancouver, playing the Marvel Comics superhero Deadpool in the 20th Century Fox movie, said his heart “pours out to them — along with each and every person she touched in this world.”
“She lost control really quickly. It happened in a split second. She was going full throttle and then there’s a building there,” he said.
Another witness, SharminaKermalli, said she had just walked into a Starbucks next door to where the accident happened when she heard a loud crash. She ran outside and saw glass still falling on the body of the motorcycle driver.
The name of the stunt woman was not immediately released.
According to the local Police,WorkSafeBC, the British Columbia provincial workplace safety agency, and the coroner’s service were investigating. Trish Knight Chernecki of WorkSafe BC said some investigators are looking at any possible occupational health and safety issues while others examine the cause of the crash and prevention in the future.
Ryan Reynolds, who is a native of Vancouver, playing the Marvel Comics superhero Deadpool in the 20th Century Fox movie, said his heart “pours out to them — along with each and every person she touched in this world.”