Anna Marie de la Fuente A survivor of the Baja California accident that claimed the lives of actors Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González from the Netflix series “The Chosen One” says he doesn’t blame the van driver or the production company.
But actor Yeray Albelda says it’s the norm that “people are exhausted” in many productions.The Mexican actors union ANDA also held a remote press conference Tuesday to weigh in on the fatal crash.In an interview with Variety, Albelda, one of the six survivors of the crash, said he was told that a mechanical failure might have caused it.
Others, he was told, have speculated that the driver was trying to avoid a pothole or even a deer. No official report has been filed yet. “For sure, long days and nights are the norm in most productions, people are exhausted,” Abelda said.Albelda does not recall the actual crash.
The actors were on their way to catch an early flight home to Tijuana for a break when the van they were in veered off the road and flipped over.
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