Disney cast member recovering after runaway boulder at Indiana Jones show

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A staffer astatine Walt Disney World is recovering, a Disney spokesperson said, aft videos showed a fake boulder rolling disconnected its way during a unrecorded amusement astatine the Florida taxable parkland and striking an employee.

"We're focused connected supporting our formed member, who is recovering," a Disney spokesperson told CBS News successful a connection connected Wednesday. "Safety is astatine the bosom of what we do, and that constituent of the amusement volition beryllium modified arsenic our information squad completes a reappraisal of what happened."

Disney refers to its parkland staffers arsenic formed members.

In the unrecorded show, called Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, the "Indiana Jones" franchise's rubric quality and different performer transportation retired "incredible stunts with explosive peculiar effects," according to a description of the event. One involves an tremendous prop boulder.

While Disney didn't specifically notation the boulder successful its statement, videos shared connected societal media Tuesday showed the prop rolling disconnected the raised signifier successful the mediate of a performance. It past proceeded to hurdle toward a packed assemblage astatine Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Video of the mishap was initially shared connected TikTok and past connected Reddit. The viral clip showed a Disney formed subordinate stepping retired successful beforehand of the "Indiana Jones" assemblage successful what appeared to beryllium an effort to forestall the boulder from reaching the assemblage aft it fell from the stage. The elephantine rolling prop deed the staffer, who fell backward onto the crushed arsenic a effect of the collision.

The Disney spokesperson confirmed "a prop moved disconnected its track" and said a performer was injured.

In the footage, different formed subordinate was seen successfully stopping the boulder successful its tracks earlier moving to cheque connected their colleague. The stunt amusement was scheduled to instrumentality spot again connected Wednesday, according to Disney's website.