Stuntman gravely injured on James Bond set in Italy

An Aston Martin, James Bond's iconic car, is seen in Limone sul Garda,
on the Garda Lake, northern Italy, Thursday, April 24, 2008.

MILAN, Italy (AP) -- A stuntman was seriously injured in a car crash while filming an action sequence for the new James Bond movie on a famously winding lakeside road in northern Italy, a local official said Thursday.

The London-based production company for "Quantum of Solace" said that an experienced stunt driver of an Alfa Romeo car remained hospitalized in serious condition following the accident Wednesday. A second stunt driver in the same car also was injured, but less seriously. full story