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During the filming of the "Time Out" segment directed by John Landis on July 23, 1982 at around 2:30 a.m., actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6) died in an accident involving a helicopter being used on the set. The helicopter pilot had trouble navigating through the fireballs created by pyrotechnic effects for the sequence. A technician didn't know this and detonated two pyrotechnic charges close together. The explosions caused the low-flying helicopter to spin out of control and crash onto Morrow and the two children as they were crossing a small pond away from the village mock up. Morrow and Myca were decapitated by the helicopter's top rotor blades and Renee was struck by one of the skids; all three were killed instantly.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone_The_Movie#Helicopter_accident
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Coordinates: 34°25'6"N 118°38'0"W
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