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Posted on 10/13/2010 12:38:31 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
A D.C. Police SUV was involved in a wreck at the filming of "Transformers 3" in Washington D.C.
While the movie was filming a car chase scene on 3rd Street and Maryland Ave in southwest D.C., the police SUV collides with a yellow Chevy Camaro, which in the movie series is known as the character 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 ordnance 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxdc.com ...
Movie companies generally pay substantial fees to cities, to be able to do this. Cities often consider it to be worthwhile.
The transformer vehicles are all parked in the lot next door. Lots of people taking pictures with Optimus Prime (aka a tractor trailer. Go figure)
Was he escorting Bite-me?
Oh boy.. go over there & be an “extra”
When you fill out the paperwork and get the licenses and pay the fees yes movie making is a legitimate reason to close a public street. These guys didn’t just start filming in the street and expect the cops (some of whom are involved in the filming) to co-operate, there’s months worth of paperwork and thousands of dollars in above the table (and often at least as much below the table) fees to be paid.
Now known as Crumplebee.
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