'Fast & Furious' star Paul Walker killed in car crash
Actor Paul Walker, who shot to fame as star of the
high-octane street racing franchise "Fast & Furious," died in a
fiery car crash in Southern California on Saturday. He was 40. Walker was in
the passenger seat of a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, driven by a racing team
partner, that slammed into a light pole and burst into flames in an office park
in the community of Valencia in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles north of
Hollywood. Speed was a factor in the crash. The car, which sold for $450,000
when new, is a notoriously difficult vehicle to handle, even for professional
drivers, according to Autoweek magazine. A crowd of grieving fans, curious
onlookers and media surrounded the crash site for hours, watching as
investigators and firefighters worked to extract the bodies from the wreckage.
A memorial of flowers, left by fans, remained on the charred roadside Sunday.
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