A Third Walt Disney World Cast Member In 7 Weeks Dies

A third Walt Disney World Cast Member is dead after an accident at Hollywood Studios.

Stunt performer Anislav Varbanov, 30, was fatally injured during a rehearsal for the "Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular." Fellow Cast members dialed 911 at 7:34 p.m. to report that a co-worker sustained a head injury. He was rushed to Florida Hospital Celebration Health, where he was pronounced dead at 8:53 p.m. Varbanov was the the third Cast Member in seven weeks to die after sustaining injuries while working.

This third tragedy follows the passing on July 5, of monorail driver Austin Wuennenberg, 21, died when another train backed into his own. In an update to that story The Orange-Osceola medical examiner's office said there were no drugs in his system, and he died of “multiple traumatic injuries”.

On August 10, Mark Priest, 47, died from complications he experienced after a bad on-stage fall at the Magic Kingdom. He was performing a mock sword fight during Captain Jack's Pirate Tutorial.

The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, AKA "Epic" was in rehearsal when the accident happened. "We lost a valued cast member and our thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family as we mourn his passing," said Disney spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez in a prepared statement.

Performers at the Indiana Jones show have been injured before. The year after the show's opening in 1989, Disney world was fined $1,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after three were injured when equipment failed.

Tuesday's performances are cancelled because of Varbanov's death.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration as well as the Orange County Sheriff's Office have been contacted in Varbanov's death. The Sheriff's office is investigating.