Fast & Furious star Paul Walker was travelling at more than 100mph at the time of his fatal car crash, a coroner’s report has revealed.
Paul Walker
The newly-released documents also show neither the actor nor his friend Roger Rodas – who was driving the Porsche Carrera GT – had any alcohol or drugs in their systems.
Both men’s deaths in Santa Clarita, California, were ruled to be accidents.
The report said the car was travelling at “unsafe speed, approximately 100+ mph, in the #1 eastbound lane on Hercules Street approaching Constitution.”
“For unknown reasons, the driver lost control of the vehicle and the vehicle partially spun around.
“The vehicle then struck a sidewalk and the driver’s side of the vehicle struck a tree and then a light post … The force of these collisions caused the vehicle to spin 180 degrees … The passenger side of the vehicle then struck a tree and the vehicle burst into flames.”
The police officer who first arrived at the scene following the crash told investigators “it appeared that the vehicle was almost split in half”.
Walker’s body was found in a “pugilistic stance,” as if he were bracing for impact, and died from “combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries”.
The report lists a number of fractures – some the result of the intense heat. It said Rodas died from “multiple traumatic injuries”.
Investigators had previously refused to set a firm speed at which the car was travelling until Porsche engineers extracted data from on-board ‘black boxes’.
Thousands of fans and car enthusiasts attended a memorial and car cruise event last month in tribute to the actor and his friend.
Paul Walker -best known for his role in “The Fast and the Furious” movies- died Saturday afternoon in a tragic accident after his car crashed in California Ikon London Magazine has learned.
The accident happened in Santa Clarita Los Angeles and according to multiple sources connected to Paul, the actor was in a Porsche when the driver somehow lost control and slammed into a post or a tree and the car then burst into flames.
Several sources -some who are still at the scene of the accident- said Paul and another person in the car were killed. Law enforcement is still at the scene with the L.A. County Coroner’s Office on the way according to sources say TMZ.
Having photographed him many times it comes as a real shock and I can only imagine what his family is going through. RIP bro.
Paul Walker was 40.
Source www.tmz.com
