By: Bill Waters
09/02/2010 07:36 PM ET
Transformers serious injury, film actress in critical condition. Transformers actress in critical condition after a serious head injury. The injury happened during a car stunt on the film set of the Transformers movie.
Serious injury involving a female extra and a car stunt. Gabriella Cedillo, a film actress, suffered a serious head injury during a car stunt. The 24-year old was in her vehicle when an object crashed through her windshield.
Cedillo is in critical condition and is likely to remain in the hospital for days. The aspiring actress works as an extra in movies. Sources say extras on the “Transformers 3″ set are paid minimum wage and $25 for the use of a personal car.
Blaine Baker, another extra stated, “The vehicle was being towed by another vehicle. The cable between the two vehicles broke. It whipped around and sliced through the woman’s car and sliced through her skull, apparently.” Blaine Baker, another extra, said in a statement. “The car was then dragged along a center divider for about half a mile,” Baker said.
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