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WorkSafeBC has released an official report on the death of a motorcycle racer who was performing a stunt on the Deadpool 2 production earlier this week.
Joi Harris, a motorcyclist known for competing in road racing events, died in a tragic accident on Monday at Canada Place Way where the sequel was being filmed.
According to the inspection notes, employer representatives on-site said Harris was thrown off her Ducati Hyperstrada 939 when the bike hit the curb.
The scene involved driving the motorcycle “out of the open doors of a building, across a concrete pad, and down a ramp that had been built over three stairs and coming to a stop on the stair landing.”
While she had successfully completed the stunt several times during rehearsal, the stunt went terribly awry during the first shooting of the scene.
“The stunt driver continued driving beyond the planned stopping spot on the stairway landing, and continued to drive down a second ramp built over the bottom stairs and across the roadway,” reads the report.
“The motorcycle struck the concrete sidewalk curb, the worker was thrown off the motorcycle and propelled through a plate glass window of a building.”
Harris was the stunt double for actor Zazie Beetz, who plays Domino in the movie.
According to her website, 40-year-old Harris, originally from New York, was the first African American woman to actively compete in American Motorcyclist Association road racing events.
Production of the sequel to Deadpool resumed on Wednesday.