Crash vid episode 2

[desmo2]

Hang on to your hats for this one...
www.putfile.com/media.php?n=lv09&width=800
Here's the REST of the story...

MEXICO CITY (Hollywood Reporter) - Mexican television actor Edgar Ponce died Thursday after a car plowed into a motorcycle he was riding during the unauthorized filming of an advertisement.

Ponce, who has appeared on numerous telenovelas, died early Thursday morning in a Mexico City hospital; three other actors, also riding motorcycles at the time, sustained injuries. The accident occurred during the filming of an advertisement for "Solo Para Mujeres" (For Women Only), a live male striptease show. The ad was to air on Televisa variety show "No Manches."

According to a statement released from the Mexico City police department, the shoot took place on a main artery in southern Mexico City. The police report said a speeding vehicle slammed into a caravan of moving motorcycles used for the plug. Producer Sergio Mayer "did not request police assistance" for the filming, the department said.

A spokesman at Mexico City's attorney general's office said the driver had alcohol on his breath yet it still hasn't been determined if he had passed the legal limit. He added that the driver and the producer could be held responsible for the actor's death.

Mayer acknowledged at a Thursday press conference that he did not have permission to film and said that Televisa had nothing to do with the production. Televisa declined comment.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

[Lamron]

From what we can see from the short clip, it seem were riding in a safe manner. Its irrelevant that they were shooting a comercial for a strip club. Why even report that? Is it to give the impression that this "disreputable person" had it coming?

I have noticed that whenever a biker is killed by a cager, there seems to be an attitude of "oh well, he deserved to die anyway if he's out riding a motorcycle". I don't know what the outcome of this story is going to be, but it reminded me of the many bikers murdered on the road and the driver gets a ticket for "Failure to obey traffic signal" or "Failure to stay in lane" as was the case last year of someone crossing the line and killing 4 bikers. There should be more than just a $75 fine for killing somebody, but some people don't seem to believe that bikers are a "somebody".

Killing someone in an accident that is your fault should at least get a "Reckless Homicide" charge. And I have always been a strong advocate of manditory death penalty for DUI. If you make the decision to drink and drive, you are deciding to put others in lethal danger. The fact that the cops stopped you before you actually killed someone; is fortunate - but irrelevant. You are still guilty of attempted murder.

Sorry for the rant, but DUI and a "who cares" attitude when bikers get killed REALLY makes me mad.

[desmo2]

Absolutely.

I think the point about them filming a commercial without a police escort may have something to do with the speed they were traveling. It ain't very fast. Click below to watch again from a few different angles...

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What I initially thought was just other traffic, which the bikers were flowing with, were actually camera vehicles. The whole gaggle was part of the filming. Still doesn't relieve the cager of his gross negligence.