A technician who worked on the film ‘Rust’ is taking legal action in Los Angeles. A woman died on the set after an accident involving the actor Alec Baldwin. Serge Svetnoy, the film’s lighting director, is making a claim of “negligence”. The claim is against the actor, the production company and the film’s armourer.
Svetnoy was standing next to Baldwin when the accident took place on 21 October. The actor fired a gun he thought was safe during a practice. However, the gun contained a real bullet, which went into the shoulder of director Joel Souza. The bullet also passed through the body of Halyna Hutchins, a cinematographer. A helicopter took the 42-year-old to a hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but she died of her injuries.
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