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8 children injured in platform collapse during filming near Luga
During the filming of the movie "Vasily Terkin" near Luga, a platform collapsed, injuring 22 people, including eight children aged 7 to 17. This was reported to 78.ru.
The day before, at one of the shooting ranges in the village of Tolmachevsky, where they were filming a movie based on the poem of the same name by Alexander Tvardovsky, a wooden platform, imitating the platform on which the crowd was standing, collapsed.
Most of the victims suffered bruises and abrasions. After receiving medical care, 21 patients were discharged in satisfactory condition and received outpatient treatment. One woman was hospitalized with moderate bilateral leg fractures.
It should be noted that the film's director is Karen Gevorkyan. The director fell from the platform together with his cameraman, but was not injured. He later told 78.ru that the incident would not affect the filming process in any way.