Hospitalized after falling from helicopter near Santa Clarita studio in northern LA – Deadline

UPDATE, EXCLUSIVE SUNDAY, 3:06 PM: Deadline has learned that the person who was injured yesterday after falling from a helicopter outside the Blue Cloud Movie Ranch in Santa Clarita, California was The SEAL team actor Justin Melnick. However, the accident the actor was involved in was on a private commercial set and was unrelated to CBS’s war action series.

Melnick was previously the dog handler on The SEAL team before being promoted to recurring actor status, playing Brock Reynolds. Deadline learns that Melnick is home and is recovering without serious injuries. Authorities said yesterday he fell 15 to 20 feet as he quickly climbed off the helicopter.

Melnick works with Belgian Maliniois Dita who plays an explosives detection dog on The SEAL team, the canine performing helicopter stunts to climb the ladders. Melnick initially trained her as part of a search and rescue team with the Indiana Police Force he worked with, then shifted her to narcotics detection.

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UPDATE, Saturday 9:30 p.m .: Deadline learned that it may have been a stuntman who fell 15 to 20 feet from a helicopter that afternoon in front of the Blue Cloud Movie Ranch in Santa Clarita, Calif., And was rushed to the ‘hospital. The person was spinning quickly from the helicopter.

“His injuries appear to be very minimal,” Sgt. Aaron Jacob, shows the sergeant at the LA County Sheriff’s Station in Santa Clarita, tells Deadline.

Local authorities and Blue Cloud Movie Ranch have not provided any details of the film or television production that was filming at the time of the crash.

PREVIOUS, Saturday 7:47 p.m .: An adult male who was rappelling from a helicopter and fell near the Blue Cloud Movie Ranch was hospitalized late Saturday afternoon.

According to reports from the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the KHTS radio station, the person was conscious in stable condition when first responders arrived at the scene.

Deadline contacted the Blue Cloud Movie Ranch this evening, which provided no comment and no indication of the television or film production involved in the helicopter incident.

The Blue Cloud Movie Ranch is a 250-acre movie studio located 30 miles north of Los Angeles with locations that can double for the Middle East and Afghanistan. These feature films shot here include Iron Man, Iron Man 3, American sniper as well as television series Development stopped, agents of SHIELD and Real blood.

The details that led to the man’s downfall were not immediately known this evening. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more.