Following the death of a Chapman University cinematography student, who was killed April 15 in a dune buggy accident in the Imperial County desert during a University of Southern California (USC) student film project, officials said the students did not follow safety protocols.
Peng Wang, a third-year graduate student, was partially ejected from a 2022 dune buggy in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area located in the southeast corner of California when the vehicle overturned while driving along the side of a sand dune.
“Peng was a beloved member of the Chapman film school community, and he will be greatly missed,” a spokesperson from Chapman University told The Epoch Times. “Because this was not a Chapman-related or organized film shoot, we have very little information and are relying on USC to keep us informed.”
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