Accident in Krishna Vamsi film shoot
Monday, October 13th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
A contract employee fell off a crane and died during the shooting of a Telugu film at Ramoji Film City (RFC) on Friday morning.
According to police, when some junior artists unwittingly removed a load of weight kept at the base of the crane to support it, the crane arm suddenly tilted resulting in the fall of the victim
Karun Kumar, 25, a contract employee of RFC, fell from 40 feet height at a railway station setting arranged for the shooting of the movie ‘Sasirekha Parinayam‘, starring Tarun and Genelia.
He was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
According to Hayathnagar SI Mohan Reddy, when the incident happened the crew was busy in getting the set ready for an action sequence.
However, none of the actors or film director Krishna Vamsi were at the spot at the time when the incident occurred.
"Some junior artistes from Film Nagar removed the weights from the crane resulting in one of its arms tilting. Karun who was standing atop the crane arm, fell and hit the floor," Mohan Reddy said.
Police registered a case for causing death by rash or negligent act (304-A of the Indian Penal Code) against RFC equipment in charge Pavan Kumar
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