On the final day of shooting on the Transformers 3 set, a female extra named Gabriela V. Cedillo, 24, of Chicago was seriously injured during the filming of a stunt involving several cars and drivers. The accident occurred Wednesday night when a cable snapped and went through the windshield of the Toyota that Cedillo was driving. She was airlifted to Loyola Hospital with serious head injuries and is reportedly in critical condition. Blaine Baker, who was also an extra on the set told WLS-TV: “A vehicle was being towed by another vehicle. The cable between the two vehicles broke. It whipped around and sliced through the woman’s car and sliced through her skull, apparently. ”
Update: Ms. Cedillo is in stable condition after undergoing brain surgery.