ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Walt Disney World employee in Florida was injured whereas making an attempt to cease a big runaway prop boulder from rolling into seated spectators on the Indiana Jones dwell present.
The employee on the “Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular” on the Disney’s Hollywood Studios park was knocked to the bottom by the 400-pound (181-kilogram) prop boulder after it moved off its observe on Tuesday and began rolling towards viewers members. One other employee stopped the boulder earlier than it reached the spectators.
Disney on Wednesday wouldn’t disclose the employee’s accidents, citing privateness causes.
One of many attraction’s scheduled reveals was canceled Tuesday after the accident, and Wednesday’s reveals had been modified to exclude the prop boulder. Disney mentioned it was reviewing why the prop rolled off the observe.
“We’re targeted on supporting our forged member, who’s recovering,” Disney mentioned in a press release. “Security is on the coronary heart of what we do, and that aspect of the present might be modified as our security staff completes a assessment of what occurred.”
The present relies on the Indiana Jones movies and recreates an early scene within the first movie, “Raiders of the Misplaced Ark.”