Euro Disney Stuntman Dies After Fight
Thursday August 19, 2004 6:01 PM
PARIS (AP) - An American stuntman in an Old West show at Disneyland Paris died from injuries sustained during a fight after work with a colleague, officials said Thursday.
Levi Palmer, 27, an ``Indian'' working in the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at the suburban Paris theme park, died Monday, Disney and French judicial officials said.
Palmer's colleague, identified as a 27-year-old German, was placed under investigation - a step short of formal charges - for ``fatal blows leading to unintentional death,'' the judicial officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The German was released but remained under police watch, the officials said.
The men got into a fight near an employee parking lot at around 4 a.m. Saturday after work, a Euro Disney spokesman said. Palmer landed on his head, got up, and returned home. He then began feeling unwell and was rushed to the hospital, where he died Monday of internal bleeding.
``The thoughts of Euro Disney management go out to the family and friends of the cast member who died during this difficult period,'' spokesman Pieter Boterman said.
Disneyland Paris, operated by Euro Disney SCA in the eastern Paris suburb of Marne-La-Vallee, is among Europe's leading tourist destinations and had about 12.4 million visitors last year.
Thursday August 19, 2004 6:01 PM
PARIS (AP) - An American stuntman in an Old West show at Disneyland Paris died from injuries sustained during a fight after work with a colleague, officials said Thursday.
Levi Palmer, 27, an ``Indian'' working in the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at the suburban Paris theme park, died Monday, Disney and French judicial officials said.
Palmer's colleague, identified as a 27-year-old German, was placed under investigation - a step short of formal charges - for ``fatal blows leading to unintentional death,'' the judicial officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The German was released but remained under police watch, the officials said.
The men got into a fight near an employee parking lot at around 4 a.m. Saturday after work, a Euro Disney spokesman said. Palmer landed on his head, got up, and returned home. He then began feeling unwell and was rushed to the hospital, where he died Monday of internal bleeding.
``The thoughts of Euro Disney management go out to the family and friends of the cast member who died during this difficult period,'' spokesman Pieter Boterman said.
Disneyland Paris, operated by Euro Disney SCA in the eastern Paris suburb of Marne-La-Vallee, is among Europe's leading tourist destinations and had about 12.4 million visitors last year.
