{"id":3007,"date":"2006-12-18T22:28:14","date_gmt":"2006-12-19T02:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2006\/12\/18\/dont-try-this-at-home-3\/"},"modified":"2006-12-18T22:28:14","modified_gmt":"2006-12-19T02:28:14","slug":"dont-try-this-at-home-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2006\/12\/18\/dont-try-this-at-home-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Try This at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BEIJING, Dec. 18 — A Hollywood stuntman who worked on one of the "Men in Black" films suffered serious injuries in Shanghai on Saturday when he fell off a moving car while trying to jump through a ring of fire.<\/p>\n

Oldrich Svarousky, 48, a member of the Hollywood-based Filmka stunt group, was being treated last night at Shanghai No. 10 People’s Hospital for a concussion and a fractured rib. Though he was in the intensive care unit, doctors said his condition was no longer life threatening.<\/p>\n

The mishap took place during a program featuring Hollywood-style stunt performances at Zhabei Stadium. The show consisted of 36 leaps, crashes, races and other death-defying feats.<\/p>\n

Svarousky, who also had a role in Martin Scorsese’s "Taxi Driver" and several other films, was performing a stunt in which he stood on the top of a car and jumped through flaming hoops suspended just above roof-top level. His head bumped the second hoop and he missed the third, falling off the back of the car.<\/p>\n

"We feel very sorry about what happened, but it’s a dangerous game," said Lu Pin, who works for the performance sponsors.<\/p>\n

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