"Indy" Disney performer dies from injury in rehearsal

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Stunt performer Anislav Varbanov, 30, was fatally injured during a rehearsal for the "Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular." He was doing a tumbling roll after 7 p.m. when he was hurt. Disney workers dialed 911 at 7:34 p.m. to report that a cast member sustained a head injury. Varbanov was rushed to Florida Hospital Celebration Health, where he was pronounced dead at 8:53 p.m., Orange County sheriff's deputies said.

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That's sad. My thoughts and hopes go out to all involved.

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First the accident at Captain Jack's show, now this...just wow.

Wow, more sad news. Sounds like lots of bad luck for Disney employees this summer. :(

And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

They say things go in 3's. Hopefully this is the end ot Disney's problems this year.

My condolences to the family and friends.

Fever I really enjoy the Simpsons. It's just a shame that I am starting to LOOK like Homer.

WSJ reports that federal and state investigators are now involved in looking into these deaths.

What's to look into though? These guys do stunt work, however minor, and in both cases they just did something weird and got hurt. I mean, when gas explosions go off at the wrong time, yeah, those are things in their control, but this is just some crazy random stuff. You'd think that would be common sense and prevent wasting money on investigations that have no other conclusion.

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What's to look into though? These guys do stunt work, however minor, and in both cases they just did something weird and got hurt. I mean, when gas explosions go off at the wrong time, yeah, those are things in their control, but this is just some crazy random stuff. You'd think that would be common sense and prevent wasting money on investigations that have no other conclusion.

I agree, especially with the last two, as those were freak accidents (hell, the pirates on happened two weeks AFTER he hit his head and was still on sick leave.) I think it's the Govt just "making sure", like they would if any other major employer had 3 employee deaths due to work in 3 months.

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