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Paul Walker dead. He was 40 years old. [graphic]
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It is with a truly heavy heart that we must confirm that Paul Walker passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide. He was a passenger in a friend's car, in which both lost their lives. We appreciate your patience as we too are stunned and saddened beyond belief by this news. Thank you for keeping his family and friends in your prayers during this very difficult time. We will do our best to keep you apprised on where to send condolences. -
On November 30, 2013 at roughly 3:30 PM, Walker and a companion were driving in Santa Clarita, California when his Porsche swung out of control and crashed into a tree. The car immediately exploded and burst into flames, killing both Walker, who was the passenger, and the driver.[27][28]
Too soon...
He is best known as Brian O'Conner of the Fast & Furious franchise, one of the main characters.
There were early rumors that it may be a hoax, but it's been confirmed by several sources that he has crashed and was killed in a fiery explosion. Sucks, god be with his family and friends. Don't let other people drive your fastest fucking cars guys. Or just don't buy a car.
(updating OP in a few minutes as more info comes in)
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What a terrible waste.
No, the real lesson is don't drive like an asshole and don't let your friends drive like assholes if you're riding with them (and if they refuse, don't ride with them). It's a tragedy, but a tragedy that very easily could've been avoided.
Yeah, that'll teach him to be a passenger in a car for a charity event.
Let me say this. He wasn't my favorite actor. But he was a big part of one of the finest fucking action series in decades.
And that's a helluva thing for a guy to be remembered for.
R.I.P.
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Hope they deal with it tastefully in the F&F franchise. He must've filmed a buncha the new one already, must be some temptation to write his character out.
I don't think it's edgy to point out that cars which crash into trees don't explode like bombs unless you were driving so fast that the word "accident" must be prefaced with "inevitable" to retain a modicum of honesty.
Really? So how fast do you think this R8 was going to do this:
the materials these sort of cars are made from, they go up in flames and they're reduced to a pile of ash.
Isn't the point not to make statements like that if you don't know their veracity? This is how horrible gossip and goosery spreads, by people who don't know much about a subject guessing.
Fair enough. Sorry.
This is not a helpful or worthwhile contribution.
Regardless, this is still a tragedy, and unless you are an expert on forensic analysis of car crashes and have access to reports gathered on the scene, it's a bit goosey to comment or attribute the crash to irresponsibility.
By all accounts he was a good guy, and my heart goes out to his friends and family.
His 8 year old son jumped a fence and ran toward the flaming wreckage in a desperately hopeless bid to save him.
The sads. All of them.
Also, since it was a professional driver behind the wheel, does that make it a lot more likely that it was mechanical failure?
His acting performances weren't very memorable. Although I did enjoy him in the movie Takers.
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Puh-lease
This is a movie series of fucking dude-bros fist-bumping over the half-naked women sprawled on the hood of their car. It spawned a generation of fucking ricers that think it's cool to bling out your honda civic and drive fast. Ohhh look at that slick clutch action dude... brooo!
First movie was decent I guess.
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The car is at the side of the tree, it hasn't hit it head on and the tree gone straight down the middle, the hood is still in one piece!
That's sort-of the point; the car looks like it hit the tree going sideways, but it still connected with enough force to rupture the gas tank and wrap the rear half of the vehicle around the trunk.
I think it's more than reasonable to consider speed a factor.
It's just terrible.
Drive safe, especially this time of the year, with busy roads, sub-par road conditions and plenty of lovely holiday distractions.
-the car caught fire
-the emergency services very likely cut away significant portions of the bodywork to gain access
plus that particular car appears to be a mostly-carbon Carrera GT, which will burn to practically nothing once a fire takes hold.
So much as people are keen to castigate the driver for irresponsibility, it's worth bearing in mind that even professionals specialising in accident reconstruction tend to need to examine wreckage in great detail to determine what actually occurred in circumstances like these.
Tragic accident all round.
Did EMS personnel wrap the rear half of the vehicle around the tree? Do the vehicle's still pristine & painted side panels look terribly fire damaged?
I'm not going to speak ill of the dead, I'm just going to re-iterate:
Drive safe.
If it was a closed course event and not public roads (assuming the car was speeding by a substantial amount) it really makes anyone claiming irresponsibility look like a goose.
It was not on a closed course.
EDIT: They were not at the charity event - they were driving away from it.