INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana officials say they won’t fine Paramount Pictures or production crews over an accident during filming of “Transformers 3″ that left a woman with a brain injury.

Gabriela Cedillo was working as an extra when she was hit in the head by a piece of flying metal during the filming of a stunt sequence in Hammond, Indiana.

Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman Marc Lotter says an investigation found the Sept. 1 accident occurred due to the failure of a weld connecting a car to a tow cable. He says the weld was made by a certified welder and all necessary safety precautions were in place.

Lotter says the mishap was “an unfortunate and unforeseeable accident.”

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The Phoenix storm surprised many residence with golf ball size hail and tons of damage. See the pictures below! Pictures are worth a thousand words!

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PHOENIX — The hail storm that blanketed Arizona yesterday caused wind damage, lightening, flooding, and damage from golf ball-sized hail across the Valley. Viewers from Phoenix, Scottsdale, Glendale, Peoria, Tempe, and Sedona share photos of their storm experience in this slide show.

See more storm photos from other Arizona cities in the photo list below.

The first major storm cell swept through Central Phoenix at about 12:30 p.m. Rain and winds were so heavy that officials at Sky Harbor International Airport had to stop departures and delay arriving flights for about an hour.

The airport resumed operations at about 1:30 p.m. Between 40 and 50 planes were lined up for departures as arrivals were coming in. The deputy aviation director said everything was running slower than usual because the planes need to stay relatively far apart due to the weather.

The storm dropped hail the size of golf balls and toppled trees.

SRP reported 19,000 people were without power at about 2 p.m.

Photos Arizona Hail Storm 2010
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BERLIN (AP) — Luxury carmaker Bentley says it’s recalling 820 cars worldwide over fears that its famous “Winged B” hood ornament could injure people in a motor vehicle accident because it might not properly retract.

Bentley Motors’ European head office in Berlin said Thursday the recall affects 620 cars in the United States and Canada and 200 in Europe who added the raised hood ornament as an option on Arnage, Brooklands and Azure models made between October 2006 and March 2009.

The company says no injuries have been reported but a dealer noticed the spring mechanism under the ornament has a tendency to corrode and might not always function properly.

Bentley, owned by Volkswagen AG, will replace the mechanism free and says the work takes about an hour to complete

Emcee Abay Lattin, stage name Carnegie, and an unnamed motorcyclist died following a Car accident about 3:15 a.m. Carnegie is part of the rising hip-hop duo Silver Medallion.

Lattin and his driver had just left Del Taco and were eastbound on University Drive when an SUV exiting The Quadrangles apartment complex, 1255 E. University Drive, collided with Lattin’s car.

According to witnesses, a motorcyclist crashed into the wreckage shortly after the previous accident occurred and just before police and paramedics arrived on scene, Tempe police said.

Lattin, 25, was pronounced dead on site. The motorcyclist was later pronounced dead at an area hospital, police said.

The drivers and SUV passenger were treated for non-life threatening injuries at the scene and at area hospitals.

Police said the driver of the SUV is under investigation for drinking and driving.

The crash ended the life and career of a promising musician.

Silver Medallion made its start in Scottsdale but just a few months ago had moved to Brooklyn, said Lattin’s partner Oren J. Schauble, stage name Oren J.

Lattin grew up in Arizona. “He was just an amazing guy and artist,” Schuable said. “He dedicated himself completely to music.”

The pair met about three years ago in Scottsdale and soon after formed Silver Medallion, known for its fresh sound of blending different types of music including dance, contemporary, hip-hop and electronica.

“It is something very 2010,” Schauble said.

The group had started to break onto the national pop scene.

The duo had been on an East Coast tour but recently returned to Arizona to perform Thursday at the N9NE Fest in Tucson; they also performed Friday at Scottsdale’s Hotel Theodore, Schauble said.

Silver Medallion’s Saturday concert was canceled, but a concert Sunday at Scottsdale’s Martini Ranch will be turned into a tribute, Schauble said.

Schauble said he and friends spent Saturday sharing stories and remembering Lattin’s jokes. “It brought some smiles to an otherwise dark day,” he said.

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