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The next Transformers movie is currently being filmed in Washington, D.C. A police SUV found its way onto the closed set and was hit by the car representing Bumblebee:
The police SUV was not supposed to be there and the wreck itself was not scripted.
The police officer driving the SUV is a 25-year veteran senior explosive ordinance technician. He was taken to a local hospital and sustained minor injuries.
Law enforcement sources tell FOX 5 that he was driving to a call for a suspicious package incident nearby and was using a different radio channel than the police officers who were securing the perimeter for the movie.
Link via Geekologie | Previously: Transforming Transformer Costume
So the cop was on a different channel then those working the set but why did he drive around the one at the end of the street?
I don't know but that looks pretty goddamn illegal to me. You can't hit a police car and start covering up the accident scene! Unbelievable. In an emergency, the cop car has total and complete right of way regardless of what permits the idiots from Hollywood had.
I live 30 minuets away from the filming site and the traffic mess that resulted in the road closure made my commute twice as long.
The whole metro area gets messed up when they are filming.
BTW the cop had every right to be there, even if it was a closed set. He was responding to an emergency call. What I want to know is how come the cops (doing a bad job of) securing the perimiter didn't respond to the emergency call? Is a film set more important than an emergency or is it just the film set pays more into the city's coffers?
Krikkit: When you're driving lights and sirens in an emergency situation it would be easy to overlook traffic congestion.
JBSpesh: The SUV is also a Chevy :)
Seriously.
Transformers WITHOUT Megan Fox, what's the point?