AKIPRESS.COM - A motorcycle stunt rider has died on the set of the movie Deadpool 2 in Vancouver Monday, Global News Canadian news agency reported.

Vancouver police confirmed the fatal accident in the area of Jack Poole Plaza and the Shaw Tower in downtown Vancouver.

The female rider was on a motorcycle when something went wrong, sending the motorcycle airborne and crashing through the glass of the Shaw Tower ground-floor studio around 8:20 a.m.

It is believed she hit a post before the window and was travelling about 60 kilometres an hour.