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A stunt driver was seriously injured in a car crash while filming an action sequence for the new James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" on Wednesday. Filming at that location in Italy will be suspended while the accident is investigated, according to the production company.
Another stunt driver in the same car also was injured but less seriously, according to a Huffington Post report.
A spokesman for the town of Limone sul Garda, where crew have been filming for the past two weeks, said the Alfa Romeo crashed into a wall during a chase sequence involving a truck and Bond's Aston Martin along the Gardesana, a curvy, two-lane lakeside road with gorgeous panoramas and many tunnels.
A helicopter on standby during the filming flew the seriously injured stunt driver to Verona, where he underwent surgery, said town spokesman Marco Girardi, who also was acting as a liaison to the production company.
He said the driver suffered serious head injuries.
"They chose this road because it is full of curves and tunnels. It will give the film a lot of impact," Girardi said.
He said that the filming was scheduled to wrap up Wednesday, and that they were in the final hours when the accident occurred.
No cast members, including star Daniel Craig, were present when the accident occurred.
» In the photo: Daniel Craig (left) and Olga Kurylenko head towards a taxi during the shooting of "Quantum of Solace." [AFP/Getty Images]
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