No criminal charges will be filed on the accident that killed a security guard last year because investigation showed no evidence of crime.
- Sep 26, 2015
AceShowbiz - There was no evidence of crime on the accident that took the life of security guard Amrik Singh Gill on the set of TNT's "Falling Skies". Based on their investigations, Royal Canadian Mounted Police said no criminal charges should be filed on the case.
Last September, an unattended five-ton truck was parked on a slope, with its tailgate down to unload equipment, when the vehicle rolled backwards and pinned Gill to a tree. The worker was rushed to Royal Columbia Hospital in New Westminster, B.C., but later died of his injuries.
Gill's widow said she was told very little about the incident. "We haven't heard anything and it's been over a year now," she told Deadline. "It is very difficult not knowing exactly what happened. I still don't know what happened. I have been calling them, but it's always the same answer. They don't know. They're still doing the investigation. I didn't think it would take this long."
The investigation was completed after a year had passed. "Our investigation ruled out criminality as outlined in the Criminal Code of Canada," said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. "No criminal charges have been laid as a result of the RCMP investigation." BC Workers Compensation Board is still conducting their own investigation.
The TNT series was prepping the following day's shoot when the accident occurred. Although Gill was said to be a "very nice" and "caring" man by his widow, nobody from the production attended his funeral. Some of the actors, though, sent flowers.
