Netflix ‘Deeply Saddened’ Over ‘The Chosen One’ Car Crash That Left 2 Dead, 6 Injured

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left two actors dead and six others on the cast and crew injured — one of the survivors is speaking out about the crash and the two performers who died.Yeray Albelda spoke out on Wednesday about the fatal accident on June 16 that claimed the lives of Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar, in an interview with Deadline.Recalling his friends — whom Albelda had known for several years and had worked with on numerous projects in the past — he reflected on their fun-loving personalities and their passion.«Their deaths are tragic but I told their families [at the memorial service] to find comfort in the fact that they were doing what they loved the most,» Albelda shared. «They were living their dream.»He says he finds «comfort» in knowing that they «died that way and not from an incurable disease or something worse.»Aldelba also looked back on what he was able to remember from the day of the fatal crash.«I remember turning in my hotel room key that morning and going out to the street to buy a burrito since the van was picking us up at 7 a.m.

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EXCLUSIVE:  Following the fatal June 16 crash that claimed the lives of two actors and injured six others from the cast and crew of Netflix’s The Chosen One, survivor Yeray Albelda spoke to Deadline about the loss of his close friends Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar (Known professionally as Paco Mufote).

killed two actors near the Mexico set of “American Jesus.” “We are deeply saddened by the tragic accident that took the lives of Ray Garduño and Juan Francisco González,” a Netflix spokesperson told Entertainment Weekly. “Our thoughts are with their loved ones and with those injured during this unfortunate accident.”The accident happened on the Baja California Sur peninsula on June 16.

Anna Marie de la Fuente A survivor of the Baja California accident that claimed the lives of actors Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González from the Netflix series “The Chosen One” says he doesn’t blame the van driver or the production company. But actor Yeray Albelda says it’s the norm that “people are exhausted” in many productions.The Mexican actors union ANDA also held a remote press conference Tuesday to weigh in on the fatal crash.In an interview with Variety, Albelda, one of the six survivors of the crash, said he was told that a mechanical failure might have caused it. Others, he was told, have speculated that the driver was trying to avoid a pothole or even a deer.

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Netflix series  died during a horrific car crash in Mexico that also resulted in six production members injured.The Baja California Department of Culture also revealed on Friday that Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar are the two actors who died in the crash.According to multiple reports, the crash happened Thursday as the actors and crew traveled near Mulege on the Baja California Sur peninsula. It's unclear at this time what led to the van they were riding in to crash, but reports say the van flipped over after running off the road in a desert area.

Netflix has released an official statement following the tragic death of actors Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar who were working on the series The Chosen One in Mexico.

Such a tragedy…

Two people have died and six others injured after a van carrying crew from Netflix show The Chosen One was involved in a serious crash in Mexico. Actors Raymundo Garduno Cruz and Juan Francisco Gonzalez Aguilar both died from injuries sustained in the crash in the Baja California Sur peninsula, the Baja California Department of Culture confirmed on Friday.The van is said to have flipped after running of the road in a desert area on Thursday June 16, according to local media.The crew had apparently been working in the nearby Santa Rosalia area at the time of the crash.

UPDATE: More details have emerged from the accident that claimed the lives of two actors and injured six crew members in Mexico while filming Netflix series The Chosen One.

Two actors on the Netflix series “The Chosen One” died during a horrific car crash in Mexico that also resulted in six production members injured.