Resident Evil crew member is crushed to death by Hummer falling on top of him

A South African man has died after being crushed by a Hummer in an accident on the set of the new Resident Evil film.

Ricardo Cornelius, from Mitchells Plain, a township outside the city, had only been working on the Cape Town set for five weeks when the fatal accident took place.

The news comes just days after a British stuntwoman who was involved in a separate accident on the same set earlier this year, revealed she will have to amputate her arm as a result of her injuries

Mr Cornelius, 34, had been assisting with the US army issue Hummer, which was parked on a rotating platform, when it reportedly tilted and fell, pinning Mr Cornelius to a wall.

Mr Cornelius, who had married wife Shafiefa, 26, earlier this year, was taken to hospital and put on life support, but passed away a few hours later. 

'At the hospital, doctors said they had to take him into theatre as soon as he arrived,' Mrs Cornelius told South African news website IOL.

'His heart stopped and they were fighting for his life but managed to revive him again. The doctors said his lungs were completely flat and he was bleeding a lot.

'We were with him for about an hour, then he died.' 

Mr Cornelius' death on December 3 is not the first serious incident to blight the filming of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, the sixth film in the series starring Milla Jovovich, in recent months.

Last week, British stuntwoman Olivia Jackson revealed she will have to undergo an amputation after suffering severe injuries when crashing into a metal camera arm as she filmed a motorcycle scene.

The 34-year-old from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, suffered serious head injuries, a punctured lung and spent time in an induced coma after the crash.

In addition, the South African-born stunt double, who also worked on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is to have her left arm amputated after she said it was left paralysed.

'My left arm is paralysed and is going to have to be amputated,' she wrote in a Facebook post.

'My facial scarring is horrible and I wish I had my old face. But I'm truly grateful to be alive.' 

Ms Jackson has also been a stunt double for Charlize Theron and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in this year's box office hit Mad Max: Fury Road and for Karen Gillan in Guardians of the Galaxy.

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