Helena Bonham Carter Family In Car Accident Tragedy

Posted by admin on August 24th, 2008 filed in Terminator salvation

Four relatives of Terminator Salvation star Helena Bonham Carter died in a minibus crash while on a safari vacation in South Africa on Wednesday, the UK newspaper The Telegraph is reporting.

Because of the tragedy, the actress is reported to have left the set of Terminator Salvation in Albuquerque, New Mexico to fly back to the UK to be with her cousin. It is believed her boyfriend, Tim Burton has made the trip with her.

Fiona Bonham Carter, Helena’s cousin, survived with a broken collar bone, along with one of her sons, Piers, who suffered whiplash. However, Fiona’s 14-year-old son Marcus Egerton-Warburton, mother Brenda Bonham Carter, stepfather Francis Kirkwood and sister-in-law Kay Boardman all perished after a burst tire flipped their vehicle while on safari in a remote area some distance outside Johannesburg.

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