A production car from the Canadian version of the game show "Cash Cab" was involved in an accident in Vancouver early this morning that left a pedestrian dead ... TMZ has learned.
Filming had finished for the night when the car -- a production vehicle being driven by a producer for the show -- struck a 61-year-old man. A police spokeswoman told the Vancouver Sun the man was taken to a nearby hospital, but died a short time later.
Andrew Burnstein -- President of Castlewood Productions, which produces the show -- tells TMZ, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim and his friends and his
family. My heart also goes out to the driver of the vehicle, a member of
our technical staff, who is shaken and devastated by this tragic
accident, as is our entire team."
Burnstein says the driver and the rest of the production team are cooperating with Vancouver Police. So far, no charges have been filed.
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Oh how delicious and entertaining would it be to do Cash Cab in a dunderhead state like Louisiana or New Mexico or Most of the South?
This just in: Read online somewhere that Carmageddon isn't that bad. Only people complaining are taxis, apparently.
More to follow.
TMz says a producer drove the car then the piece says a member of the technical staff drove the car. Which is it?
If it's CashCab's fought I suggest they
re-brand the show "CashCell" and the staff can do the show from prison.
I wonder if it will come out that the driver of the car was exhausted. It's a very common theme to work 12-16 hours a day in the tv/film business. A number of others have been killed because of the long hours.
A do***entary called "who needs sleep" by haskell wexler talks about it.
I'll be interested to see how this turns out.
Or it'll come out that guy was driving through a stretch of our town where people notoriously throw themselves out in front of cabs to get a place to stay for the night or money or just blindly walk out into traffic outside of crosswalks. It's six of one, half a dozen of the other how this unfortunate accident took place.
Really sorry to hear that. No smart-ass commment from this Canuck :(
This show should be banned in the U.S.
A guy is reading game show questions while he's driving. C'mon, if this isn't as bad as texting I don't know what is.
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JustAGuy, that was my first thought. An overnight shoot, an exhausted crew member, and a car. Recipe for disaster.
Shouldn't even be driving if you are not fully 100% paying attention on the road. Condolences with the victim's family and friends. The driver would probably resign.
Abe 27 minutes ago
This show should be banned in the U.S.
A guy is reading game show questions while he's driving. C'mon, if this isn't as bad as texting I don't know what is.
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Actually the questions are being read to him through an ear bud. It's like having a bluetooth phone conversation.
PLUS, he has production vans IN FRONT OF and BEHIND him.
Idiot.
