Two actors on the upcoming Netflix series "The Chosen One" were killed and six others who were part of the cast and crew were injuredafter the van they were in crashed near Mulegéon the Baja California Sur peninsula in Mexico.
The accident was not on the set of the show, but happened in transit from Santa Rosalía to the local airport on June 16, Netflix said in a statement to USA TODAY.
Local media reported the crash happened Thursdayand said the van flipped after running off the road in a desert area. The crew had apparently been working in the nearby Santa Rosalía area at the time.
The two actors who died in the crash were identified Friday asRaymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar, according to theBaja California Department of Culture.
Netflix describes the plot of "The Chosen One" as a series about a 12-year-old boy who learns he's the return of Jesus Christ and "destined to save humankind." It's based on a comic-book seriesby Mark Millar and Peter Gross. It's unrelated to another show featured on streaming service with the same name. That showfeatures three doctors aiming to bring aZika vaccine to the remote Pantanal region in South America.
Millar, who previously worked at Marvel Comics, created properties such as Kingsman and Kick-Ass – as well as the "American Jesus" comics that "The Chosen One" is based on – and founded Millarworld. Netflix acquired the company, run by Millarand his wife, Lucy, in 2017. The following year, the streaming company announced plans to produce a TV series based on "American Jesus," along with other projects.
The production of the show has been temporarily paused by Redrum, the production company.
Friends of the victims voiced concerns to the Daily Beast about "The Chosen One" actors'complaints regarding poor transportation and logistics.
“It fills me with rage that there are reports of abuse and exploitation being shared by people involved with the production,” Liliana Conlisk Gallegos, who said she was a friend ofGonzález Aguilar, known professionally as “Paco Mufote," said to the Daily Beast.“I would like to demand that this is further investigated. If nothing wrong was going on, then there shouldn’t be an issue with providing the information.”
Netflix did not comment on the allegations, noting that an investigation into the accident is ongoing.
On Twitter, actor and director Fernando Bonilla, said that Garduño Cruzwas "a festive and generous friend."
"It is imperative that the production report how many hours of rest the driver who lost control of the truck had," he wrote about the accident.
Contributing: The Associated Press.
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The Baja California Institute of Culture (ICBC) confirms to PEOPLE that Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar, known professionally as Paco Mufote, died in the accident, which also resulted in six other injuries among the cast and crew.
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“We are deeply saddened by the tragic accident that took the lives of Ray Garduño and Juan Francisco González,” Netflix said in a statement to Deadline.
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The killed actors, Raymundo Garduno and Juan Francisco Aguilar, were in a van that accidentally flipped Thursday in a patch of desert near the community of Mulege on the Baja California Sur peninsula.
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The Baja California Department of Culture said Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar were killed. Six others were injured.
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In a statement on Facebook on Friday, the Baja California state government confirmed that the two actors killed were Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar.
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The crew, under the direction of an unidentified production company, was working in Santa Rosalía, which is near the crash site. The Baja California Department of Culture identified Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar as the two men who died, the Associated Press reports.
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