Authorities are investigating the death of an experienced transportation captain who died last Friday during the making of Netflix film “The Electric State,” Variety has learned.
Peter DeToffoli died almost instantly when the Chevrolet SUV he was driving slammed into a semi-truck on the I-75 northbound (pictured above in 2014) at a “high rate of speed” according to the initial investigation report. The accident took place just after 3 a.m. local time.
DeToffoli’s steering wheel and windshield were crushed on impact and the emergency medical services found him “trapped and unresponsive” in the driver’s seat. Firefighters used jaws of life to cut off the vehicle’s doors and extract him but tragically could not resuscitate him. The 58-year-old was pronounced dead just before 6 a.m.
A source told Variety that skid marks on the road suggested DeToffoli had tried to brake just before impact.
“The Electric State” is a...
Peter DeToffoli died almost instantly when the Chevrolet SUV he was driving slammed into a semi-truck on the I-75 northbound (pictured above in 2014) at a “high rate of speed” according to the initial investigation report. The accident took place just after 3 a.m. local time.
DeToffoli’s steering wheel and windshield were crushed on impact and the emergency medical services found him “trapped and unresponsive” in the driver’s seat. Firefighters used jaws of life to cut off the vehicle’s doors and extract him but tragically could not resuscitate him. The 58-year-old was pronounced dead just before 6 a.m.
A source told Variety that skid marks on the road suggested DeToffoli had tried to brake just before impact.
“The Electric State” is a...
- 11/11/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran movie driver Peter DeToffoli has been identified as the crew member on Netflix’s The Electric State who was killed in an off-set car crash outside Atlanta last week. He was 58.
The Clayton County Police Department posted an alert about the fatal accident shortly after 3:30 a.m. Friday, and a local Teamsters official tells Deadline that DeToffoli was killed after leaving work. DeToffoli was a member of Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399.
Police officers were dispatched to a tractor-trailer crash with injuries that had shut down traffic on Interstate 75 shortly after 3 a.m. Friday. While they were on the scene, DeToffoli’s SUV plowed into the back of the 18-wheeler, killing him instantly.
Netflix and Agbo, the film’s production company, expressed their condolences. “The Electric State lost a valued crew member on Friday,” they said in a statement. “On behalf of Netflix, Agbo and the entire production,...
The Clayton County Police Department posted an alert about the fatal accident shortly after 3:30 a.m. Friday, and a local Teamsters official tells Deadline that DeToffoli was killed after leaving work. DeToffoli was a member of Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399.
Police officers were dispatched to a tractor-trailer crash with injuries that had shut down traffic on Interstate 75 shortly after 3 a.m. Friday. While they were on the scene, DeToffoli’s SUV plowed into the back of the 18-wheeler, killing him instantly.
Netflix and Agbo, the film’s production company, expressed their condolences. “The Electric State lost a valued crew member on Friday,” they said in a statement. “On behalf of Netflix, Agbo and the entire production,...
- 11/8/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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