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NBC Stops Airing Video of Fatal Olympic Luge Accident

By DNAinfo Staff on February 15, 2010 2:15pm  | Updated on February 15, 2010 2:11pm

NBC won't show videos of the crash that killed a Georgian luger.
NBC won't show videos of the crash that killed a Georgian luger.
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By Nina Mandell

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — Top brass at "30 Rock" said they will no longer air video of the crash of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili on NBC News or MSNBC programs unless they have the okay from NBC News president Steve Capus, TVNewser reported.

The video of the fatal crash has been broadcast across TV networks since the accident. It was also recreated on the New York Times website.

"We will not play the video of this fatal run, nor will we play it again during these Olympics," Bob Costas said during a broadcast Saturday night.

The 21-year-old Kumaritashvili was killed during a bad crash in a practice run at the Vancouver Games.