Ken Steadman(1969-1996)

Died in an accident involving a dune buggy he was driving, while filming an episode of the Fox television series, Sliders (1995), on Friday 20 September 1996. His passenger, Christopher Maleki, was seriously injured. Ken's role involved driving a dune buggy in the desert near Victorville. The actors and film crew were in their third day of filming and they were setting up for another action shot. While Ken was transporting the dune buggy between scenes that morning, the vehicle overturned and he was crushed, killing him instantly.