Batman Film Set Cameraman Dies in Accident

Thursday March 10, 2011 at 7:08am

Stuntman Conway Wickliffe died while performing a darling stunt for Batman: The Darknight where an old American police car was launched from a ramp and flipped over cannons and hydraulics, The Metro reported.

Mr. Wickliffe was filming from the back of a 4x4 Nissan Navara when the accident happened at  the film site in Chertsey, Surrey in September 2007.

Mr. Christopher Cobould, 53,  is being prosecuted for breaching health and safety laws in that he failed to take care in planning the darling stunt. It is alleged that he should have risk assessed the health and safety of the stunt more effectively before allowing the filming to take place.

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