A production assistant on Batwoman is currently paralyzed below the waist after an accident on the set of the series last week
was set up to offer some financial relief to the PA, Amanda Smith. According to a coworker, Tyler Mazzucco, Smith was struck in the head by the lowering bucket of a lift on March 11 and underwent emergency spinal surgery.
“She was literally just sitting there and it came down on top of her,” Mazzucco told The Sun, noting Smith had her back to a boom lift and could not hear the machine over the sound of traffic. While the surgery was performed to repair Smith's paralysis, the results will not be known until she goes through significant therapy. The GoFundMe set up for Smith has already raised $52,000 of its $100,000 goal. “Amanda will be unable to work for the foreseeable future and she needs our help to make ends meet until she settles,” reads the page. “We do not want her to have to worry about finances as she goes through these uncertain times.
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