TO UPDATE: More details have emerged from the accident that killed two actors and injured six crew members in Mexico while filming Netflix series The Chosen One.
Production on the series has been temporarily paused by Redrum, the company directing the filming. The accident happened while the victims were on their way to the local airport on June 16. The injured performers are in stable condition.
Netflix has not yet commented on the accident.
EARLIER: Crew members were traveling in a van when it fell and overturned in an accident just before filming of the Netflix series The Chosen One.
Two actors died and six other crew members were injured in the accident, officials said. The victims were not initially identified. The Baja California Department of Culture later announced that Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar had died.
The accident happened on a desert road near Mulege on the Baja California Sur Peninsula.
The crew filmed 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 comic book series by Mark Millar and Peter Gross.
The series is being directed by an unidentified independent production company. Officials had no information on whether production will be affected by the accident.