NO CHARGES FILED OVER STUNT DEATH.Byline: Jaxon Van Derbeken Daily News Staff Writer No charges will be filed in the Florida accident that killed a 29-year-old Woodland Hills woman on location for the Disney film "Gone Fishin,' " officials said Wednesday. Florida Marine Patrol investigators who reviewed the Dec. 19, 1995, accident cited a number of problems with the film's stunt, but none rose to the level of "culpable negligence Noun 1. culpable negligence - (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) criminal negligence ," said Michael Provost, Florida state attorney. The stunt called for a boat to fly off a jump ramp and land among a group of boats. Instead, it careened off course and into a crowd of crew members. Janet Wilder, an extra on the film, was killed during the stunt, which was being filmed in Big Cypress Swamp Big Cypress Swamp Swamp region whose eastern half is a national preserve, southern Florida, U.S. Covering 2,400 sq mi (6,200 sq km), the region merges with the swampy Everglades on the east and south. It is dominated by cypress trees, and wildlife is abundant. in the Everglades area. Her husband, stunt man Scott Wilder, was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . Claire Raskind, publicist pub·li·cist n. One who publicizes, especially a press or publicity agent. publicist Noun a person, such as a press agent or journalist, who publicizes something publicist for Fish Tale Productions, which just finished shooting the film, declined comment. Lt. Simon Dixon, head of the Fort Myers Fort Myers, city (1990 pop. 45,206), seat of Lee co., SW Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1850, inc. 1905. It has a tourist trade and light industry and is a shipping point for citrus fruits, winter vegetables, flowers (especially office of the Florida Marine Patrol, said operator error and the ramp design were factors in the accident. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion