Posted on 04/19/2022 4:07:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The crash happened around 1 p.m. Friday in the Imperial Sand Dune Recreation Area, where four people were traveling in a 2022 Can-Am Maverick UTV.
The vehicle was driving along the side of a sand dune when, “for reasons still under investigation, the Can-Am began overturning down the sand dune,” California Highway Patrol officials said in a news release.
The cinematographer was partially ejected from the vehicle and sustained fatal injuries as a result of the crash, CHP said.
The three other occupants, who are University of Southern California film students, survived the accident, according to Elizabeth Daley, dean of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
CHP Officer Arturo Platero told KTLA that everyone but the cinematographer were wearing safety harnesses when the vehicle crashed.
Stephen Galloway, dean of Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University, identified the student killed to the Los Angeles Times as Peng Wang, a third-year graduate student from China.
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“I helped with a student led effort to start the film school.
Congratulations. Chapman film dept. is awesome. In 2015 I visited film departments at Chapman, Loyola Univ., USC, UCLA and Otis. Chapman had the best tools. USC had the best alumni. UCLA had the best actors. LMU had the best church and Otis had the best computer graphics dept. The problem is that USC owns the student’s movies while the others schools allow the students to own their movies.
Sad about the two filmakers’ demise in the desert. Young and reckless. Very sad.
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