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Distressing infinitesimal stuntman is severely injured aft flaming dive during WaterWorld amusement astatine Universal Studios LA - with formed members halting show to rescue him from water

  • Stunned tourists watched connected successful fearfulness arsenic a performer was pulled unconscious from the h2o during the famed WaterWorld amusement astatine Universal Studios
  • The stuntman was rushed to infirmary aft helium plummeted from a 30 ft operation during the performance. One onlooker named him arsenic Kyle Kolar
  • Traumatized tourists were escorted retired from the workplace aft the packed amusement was yet cancelled

By Will Potter For Dailymail.Com

Published: 13:00 EST, 24 January 2023 | Updated: 13:18 EST, 24 January 2023

Spectators were near stunned when a performer astatine Universal Studios Hollywood was rushed to infirmary pursuing a terrifying 30 ft stunt dive gone-wrong. 

The stuntman was hauled unconscious from the h2o aft helium plummeted from a operation during a show of the famed WaterWorld show, arsenic chap performers scrambled to prevention the man's life. 

Footage of the aftermath of the mishap shows the performer, named by a witnesser arsenic Kyle Kolar, being dragged from the h2o by formed members aft helium didn't instantly aboveground from the depths. 

Kolar's individuality has not yet been confirmed. His member Brandon refused to remark erstwhile contacted by DailyMail.com Wednesday. Further updates connected Kolar's information person not been shared.   

Shocked tourists watched connected successful fearfulness arsenic performers from the WaterWorld amusement scrambled to prevention the stuntman's life, with 1 unit member, pictured, rushing to drawback a beingness overgarment from down the scenes

The unconscious performer was hauled from the h2o aft plummeting from a 30 ft operation arsenic portion of a planned stunt

Daisy Anguiano, who shared a clip of the incidental online, said the stuntman fell from 1 of the studio's high-rise towers arsenic portion of the act, earlier it became wide that the planned stunt had gone horribly wrong. 

She told ABC7: 'It was a afloat house, similar it happened successful beforehand of everyone. 

'I was like, "Oh my God, immoderate happening oregon idiosyncratic mightiness beryllium drowning. It mightiness beryllium the idiosyncratic that conscionable did the drop. Did thing happen?"'

She said the terrifying mishap occurred adjacent the finale of the show, erstwhile the WaterWorld villain catches connected occurrence and plummets into the h2o below. 

It is presently unclear what caused the aesculapian exigency - whether the stuntman was injured by the fall, the interaction of the h2o - oregon if he'd suffered a abstracted aesculapian emergency.

The shocked assemblage watched connected arsenic 1 of the performers rushed to find a beingness jacket, portion respective different members of unit pulled the unconscious stuntman from the h2o to an country down the scenes.   

A witnesser to the fearfulness mishap astatine Universal Studios Hollywood named the performer arsenic stuntman Kyle Kolar, pictured. His individuality has not yet been confirmed

The exigency unfolded pursuing a planned stunt wherever the performance's villain is acceptable connected occurrence earlier diving into the depths below. Kolar is pictured during a erstwhile palmy show

'Everyone successful the unit and the unit is doing this unneurotic not letting this idiosyncratic die,' added Anguiano. 'He was unconscious portion dragging him from the water.' 

The performer was fixed CPR for much than 5 minutes arsenic unit urgently attempted to resuscitate him, earlier helium was past rushed to a adjacent infirmary by paramedics. 

The packed amusement was yet cancelled and traumatized tourists were escorted retired from the studio. The information of the performer is presently unknown. 

The WaterWorld amusement is based upon a 1995 blockbuster movie of the aforesaid name. The deed movie starred Kevin Costner successful a post-apocalyptic epic that was the astir costly movie ever made astatine the time. 

The accumulation is performed astatine Universal Studios taxable parks successful Hollywood, Japan and Singapore.  

A spokesperson for Universal Studios Hollywood confirmed the performer remains successful hospital, and said: 'Our thoughts are with him arsenic helium receives care. Details surrounding the lawsuit are being reviewed.' 

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