Disney performer fatally injured in Hollywood Studios accident

Walt Disney World stunt performer Anislav Varbanov, 30, was fatally injured during a rehearsal for the ” Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular” at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. He was doing a tumbling roll after 7 p.m. Monday when he was hurt.

Disney workers dialed 911 at 7:34 p.m. to report that a cast member sustained a head injury. Varbanov was rushed to Florida Hospital Celebration Health, where he was pronounced dead at 8:53 p.m., Orange County sheriff’s deputies said.

Varbanov is the the third cast member in seven weeks to die after sustaining injuries while working.

On July 5, monorail driver Austin Wuennenberg, 21, died when another train backed into his own.

On August 10, Mark Priest, 47, died from complications he experienced after a bad on-stage fall at the Magic Kingdom.

Out of respect for the deceased cast member, Disney spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez says the Indiana Jones show was not performed Tuesday.

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