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As reported by Deadline, a production assistant on The CW’s Batwoman has been paralyzed from the waist down after an on-set injury just days before everything was shut down to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. The PA, Amanda Smith (who is also a comedian in Vancouver), was reportedly standing with her back to a lift that had begun to lower, but due to nearby traffic noise, she couldn’t hear it until it was too late and it had lowered onto her head. She suffered spinal injuries and was rushed to a hospital for emergency surgery, but apparently it won’t be clear if the surgery was successful until Smith starts doing physical therapy.