A crew member on 9-1-1 was killed in a automobile accident after working a late 14-hour shift on the procedural drama.
Rico Priem labored as a grip on the present and was a member of the IATSE Native 80 crew union. In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, which was first to report the information, he died in a deadly freeway crash early Saturday morning following an in a single day shoot on location in Pomona, California.
“On behalf of the studio and everybody at 9-1-1, we ship our honest and deepest condolences to Rico Priem’s household and mates,” a consultant for twentieth Tv wrote in a press release to ET.
Priem’s demise was addressed in a social media put up by one in all his colleagues, Nina Moskol, who stated that they’d simply labored collectively on Thursday evening.
“He was on the cusp of retirement, along with his paperwork filed,” the tribute acknowledged. “He had his already wealthy life deliberate for retirement, together with spending time along with his spouse, watching his grand-nephew develop, using his beloved Harley, and even gripping nonetheless to remain linked to his mates. He was so jazzed about what he had discovered about retiring, he wished to show the ins and outs of retirement on the native.”
Moskol famous that “the 2 most harmful elements of our days are attending to work, and getting house. Please keep protected on the market.”
ET has reached out to ABC, the California Freeway Patrol, and Priem’s native IATSE chapter for extra data.
In keeping with a report from TVLine, CHP officers stated the accident occurred round 4:27 a.m. The report states that Priem’s Toyota Highlander “left the roadway for unknown causes, went up an embankment and flipped onto its roof.”
Priem was reportedly pronounced lifeless on the scene and the reason for the accident is underneath investigation.
“We’re totally dedicated to the protection and the well-being of all our members and categorical our heartfelt condolences to the member’s household,” IATSE stated in a press release to THR. “Employees have an inexpensive expectation that they will get to work and are available house safely. Nobody ought to be put in unsafe circumstances whereas attempting to earn a residing.”
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