Crew diver drowns on set of new 'Lone Ranger' movie

LOS ANGELES - A diver working on the set of Johnny Depp's new Western movie "The Lone Ranger" drowned on Friday while cleaning out a tank, police and movie studio Walt Disney Co said.

The man, who was not immediately identified, was wearing scuba equipment to carry out maintenance at a deep pool on a ranch near Palmdale, in the desert north of Los Angeles, where "The Lone Ranger" is being shot, a spokesman at the Palmdale Sheriff's station said.

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