UPDATE: More details have emerged from the crash that claimed the lives of two actors and injured six crew members in Mexico while filming the Netflix series The Chosen One.
The production of the series has been temporarily stopped by Redrum, the company that directs the shooting. The crash occurred while the victims were in traffic at the local airport on June 16th. Injured cast members are in stable condition.
Netflix has not yet commented on the crash.
CLOSE: Crew members were in a van when it crashed and overturned in an accident near the set of the Netflix series The Chosen One.
The crash left two actors dead and six other crew members injured, authorities said. The victims were not identified at first. The Department of Culture of Baja California later said that Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar died.
The accident happened on a desert road near Mulege, in the Baja California Sur peninsula.
The crew was filming in nearby Santa Rosalia.
The Chosen One series is about a 12-year-old boy who learns that he is the returned Jesus Christ, destined to save mankind. It is based on the Mark Millar and Peter Gross comic book series.
The series is being filmed by an unidentified independent producer. Officials had no information on whether production would be affected by the crash.