Special effects artist, actor Tom Savini hit by car, hospitalized in Pittsburgh – WPXI

PITTSBURGH — Particular results artists and actor Tom Savini, recognized for his work in “From Nightfall Until Daybreak,” “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” “Machete,” “Daybreak of the Lifeless,” and “Friday the thirteenth,” was hit by a automobile and hospitalized in Pittsburgh.

In response to Savini’s social media, he was using a motorbike on Thursday when he was hit. He was pressured to cancel an upcoming look on the Nashville Full Moon Tattoo & Horror Competition.

“Thanks a lot to everybody who reached out and an enormous thanks to each the Pittsburgh Police division & The Pittsburgh paramedics who got here to my help,” Savini wrote on social media.

He shared footage from UPMC Presbyterian Hospital exhibiting him sporting a neck brace and with an harm to his head.