Riverdale star KJ Apa was treated and released by first responders in the early morning hours earlier this week after falling asleep at the wheel and crashing his car.
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Apa was reportedly coming off a 16-hour shoot and dozed off while driving himself the 45 minutes back to downtown Vancouver from the set of the series.
“They’re working these kids from morning until night,” a source told The Hollywood Reporter. “Someone’s going to die.”
Apa was treated and released without serious injury, but the car is reportedly a total loss.
Warner Bros. does not currenty provide transportation to and from the set to members of the cast. This has been a topic of some conversation and consternation in the past, but Apa’s crash has reportedly thrown it into sharper relief. THR says Cole Sprouse, a former child star and so one of the only veteran actors among the young cast, is appealing directly to executive producer Greg Berlanti to help them figure out a better transportation situation.
Warner Bros. Television has made no official statement regarding the accident.
A source reportedly told THR that in some circumstances, the studio offers to pay for taxicab services or a local hotel.
Balancing the safety of performers with the demands of production schedules has been a hot-button issue since camera assistant Sarah Jones was killed by a train on the set of the film Midnight Rider in 2014. Seven others were injured in that event.
More recently, the deaths of a pair of stunt performers — one for The Walking Dead and one for Deadpool 2 — have brought the conversation back to the headlines.
The news comes just as Riverdale was back in the headlines in the run-up to next month’s second season: yesterday, The CW announced that they were developing The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, a horror-drama based on the Archie Comics character Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Production on Riverdale will reportedly resume as scheduled today.
Riverdale returns on Wednesday, October 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.
This story previously indicated that Apa had been treated at an area hospital, which has since been disputed.
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