'Transformers 3' Extra Undergoes Head Surgery After Serious Accident

By PopEater Staff Posted Sep 3rd 2010 11:15AM

The action on the set of 'Transformers 3' got a little too real and seriously injured extra Gabriella Cedillo during a stunt in the Chicago area on Wednesday. The aspiring actress underwent head surgery a day later, and according to a CBS 2 report, is currently in stable condition.

The 24-year-old's mother and brother confirmed with CBS following the surgery.

However, according to RadarOnline.com, sources on set report that the operation was specifically brain surgery.

Fellow extra Blaine Baker spoke with ABC 7, detailing the horrific accident.

"The vehicle was being towed by another vehicle," Baker told ABC. "The cable between the two vehicles broke. It whipped around and sliced through the woman's car and sliced through her skull, apparently."

ABC also reports that Cedillo is not a stuntwoman, and according to sources on the ground, the sequence involved flipping cars and a pressurized cannon that launched vehicles attached to a steel cable.

Also reported by ABC, Cedillo was in her own 2006 Toyota when the accident happened.

Nikki Finke reports that most extras got paid $25 to have their personal cars included on the set.

This isn't the first time someone has been hurt on the set of a 'Transformers' movie. Leading man Shia LeBeouf was nearly blinded by a prop while shooting 'Transformers 2.'

The film's director, Michael Bay, has not commented on this week's accident, and it's not known if he was on the set at the time.

There were conflicting reports about the exact location of the accident as well, with some saying it took place in Hammond, IN, just outside of Chicago.

The Sun-Times reports Cedillo spent the last three years working as a bank teller at Second Federal Savings in Chicago, and her boss, Rudy Medina, said she told him about the movie last week.

"She was pretty excited about it," Medina told the Sun-Times.

Tags: michael bay, Transformers 3

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Friday 03 September

By Nico Toscani

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I guess that hack Michael Bay has a real disregard for the safety of cast and crew.

By gobluespartyon

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I don't think Michael Bay has any disregard with the cast or crew. On movie sets sometimes the cast & crew get hurt. Sad about the extra hope that they make a full recovery.

By Kepakemapa

No it is part of the job. The risks are there and sadly the worst happens at times. I am certain that it is all covered in the contracts and in the union agreement.

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Tell that to the jury who will hear the lawsuit, or at least the lawyer she hires who will negotiate the sentiment. John Landis was held accountable for what happened on his set, Michael Bay will be too.

"settlement", not "sentiment". Sorry, past my bedtime.

Saturday 04 September

By crutch

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By pnut166

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everyone who signed on for Transformers 3 needs brain surgery.

You're being heartless & being judgemental as well. Tranformers is a pretty good movie I have been a Transformers fan since the cartoons.

Sad what happen to the extra hope she makes a full recovery.

By orlando

Horrible story. Production will try to figure out where the blame lays. They'll analyze the situation and then draw conclusion on who is to blame for this accident. The producers of the film should pay for her medical bills. You know that they have more than enough money to do that. I've worked on around 50 different productions for movies and television so this story hits a little closer to home for me. I wish her the best.

By Al Schrader

Hey. I signed up for Tran 3 What else do you know ?

By Dottie

Speedy recovery for this young Woman

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By jeanne

Why would anyone bring their car to the set for a lousy 25 dollars?!

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