May 5, 2009 8:14 am US/Pacific
Car Chase Film Stunt Goes Awry In Times Square
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
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A stuntman driving a Ferrari as part of a Nicholas Cage film lost control of the wheel, crashing into a restaurant in Manhattan's Times Square.
CBS
It's not unusual to see movies being made in New York City. But one scene in Manhattan's Times Square suddenly had bystanders in on the action.
The predawn streets were slick with rain when a stunt man for the latest Nicholas Cage flick, 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice,' lost control of his Ferrari in a chase with a Mercedes, CBS station WCBS-TV reported. He knocked over a lamppost, crashed into a newspaper box and then slammed into a Sbarro's Restaurant.
Salma Sheuly was just leaving work at a nearby souvenir shop when the car went barreling towards her.
"I heard some sounds and my friend, he looked back and maybe he saw the car coming because he pulled me back," said Sheuly.
But he couldn't pull her out of the way completely.
"I heard somebody asking me, 'Are you okay?' I felt pain and I still can't move my legs properly," she added.
Right after the crash, witnesses began to notice actors milling around. That's when they realized the accident they just witnessed was a chase scene from a movie that just got too realistic.
Mohammad Ishaq doesn't think he needs to buy a ticket now.
"It's like I saw the movie already, like this, but it happened right in front of my eyes," said Ishaq.
Filming resumed at the site shortly after the incident.
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