Paul Walker from "The Fast & the Furious" dead at 40 in car crash

**levitt** · December 19th, 2013, 05:10 PM

Watching that video of the charity made me sad in a lot of ways.

Eta: also, the fucking tags? Seriously? Get a life.

**rollo** · December 19th, 2013, 05:13 PM

Wow, I just saw the tags. Nasty.

**Flygirl** · December 19th, 2013, 11:09 PM

Firefighters have helmet cams??

**funky_chicken** · December 20th, 2013, 05:10 AM

some of the tags are really disgusting. what's wrong with you?!

**sluce** · December 20th, 2013, 10:25 AM

It's so sad this happened, especially for his daughter. But, I am losing respect for her too now since I saw she was a special guest at Beiber's film premier because she's such a big fan! LOL

**mjw** · January 3rd, 2014, 02:19 PM

CNN) -- The Porsche carrying actor Paul Walker was going 100-plus miles per hour when it crashed in November, according to the final coroner's report on the deaths of Walker and Roger Rodas.

The report was released on Friday by the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Walker, who shot to fame as star of the high-octane street racing franchise "Fast & Furious," was in the passenger seat of a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, driven by his racing team partner,

The vehicle 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.
Coroner: Paul Walker car going 100-plus mph - CNN.com

**SHELLEE** · January 3rd, 2014, 02:23 PM

Paul Walker's entire body was charred through the skin it was burned so badly ... this according to the autopsy ... burned so bad none of his organs were suitable for donation.

According to the report ... obtained by TMZ ... Walker's body was laying supine in the passenger seat in a "pugilistic stance" -- that's a defensive position, as if he were bracing himself for impact.

He had multiple fractures throughout his body, including his jaw, collarbone, and left upper arm. There were also various ribs and pelvic fractures.

The report concludes Walker died from "combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries" sustained from the Nov. 30 crash in Santa Clarita, CA.

According to the report, the L.A. County Coroner is preserving portions of Paul's organs in a jar -- sources tell us tissues are kept for a certain period of time in case of lawsuits.

Roger Rodas -- the driver -- suffered major head trauma with the top portion of his skull fractured and his brain exposed.

No alcohol or drug traces were found in either body.

The report also says there was "scant soot in Walker's trachea" -- suggesting he took a few breaths after impact. Sources close to the investigation, however, tell TMZ, they believe both men died almost immediately.

And the report goes on ... Paul had 14% carbon monoxide saturation in his blood stream ... the normal level is 2%. Roger had 10%.

According to the report ... after impact the car spun 180 degrees, struck a tree and nearly tore in half before exploding in flames.

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**witchcurlgirl** · January 3rd, 2014, 02:26 PM

Badly burned bodies are frequently found in a 'pugilistic stance'.

**CornFlakegrl** · January 3rd, 2014, 02:27 PM

Jesus.

ETA: I'd imagine hurtling 100 mph toward a pole would make one take the pugilistic stance as well.

**twitchy2.0** · January 3rd, 2014, 02:36 PM

or the tendons contracting due to the heat

**roslyntaberfan** · January 3rd, 2014, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by witchcurlgirl

Badly burned bodies are frequently found in a 'pugilistic stance'.

I was just about to say this. A bit off-topic but a lot of those killed in Pompeii were found to have died in this position. It's horrible.

**GRuser1** · January 4th, 2014, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by mjw

CNN) -- The Porsche carrying actor Paul Walker was going 100-plus miles per hour when it crashed in November, according to the final coroner's report on the deaths of Walker and Roger Rodas.

The report was released on Friday by the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Walker, who shot to fame as star of the high-octane street racing franchise "Fast & Furious," was in the passenger seat of a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, driven by his racing team partner,

The vehicle 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.
Coroner: Paul Walker car going 100-plus mph - CNN.com

I've got some facebook contacts who are surprised of the speed.
I wouldn't think anybody could actually believe they weren't driving too fast.

I don't mean to sound disrespectful towards the victims, but this kind of denial hurts more people.

**SoCalMarie** · January 4th, 2014, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by SHELLEE

The report also says there was "scant soot in Walker's trachea" -- suggesting he took a few breaths after impact. Sources close to the investigation, however, tell TMZ, they believe both men died almost immediately.

This hurts my heart. All of this does.... but especially this. He was breathing after the impact. He broke a lot of bones, but was still alive, until seconds later, when the car exploded. I hope he wasn't conscious....

So sad.

**chartreuse** · January 4th, 2014, 12:49 PM

I'm going to go ahead and say that driving 100mph on a city street with a 40mph speed limit is a stupid and assholish thing to do. This wasn't a wide-open freeway here. I'd never do that because I'd be afraid of hurting other people (especially pedestrians...this is a city, hello), not just myself.

**Kat Scorp** · January 4th, 2014, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Melyanna

I've got some facebook contacts who are surprised of the speed.
I wouldn't think anybody could actually believe they weren't driving too fast.

I don't mean to sound disrespectful towards the victims, but this kind of denial hurts more people.

Originally Posted by chartreuse

I'm going to go ahead and say that driving 100mph on a city street with a 40mph speed limit is a stupid and assholish thing to do. This wasn't a wide-open freeway here. I'd never do that because I'd be afraid of hurting other people (especially pedestrians...this is a city, hello), not just myself.

I agree fully. It annoys me when hoons down here die, and no one wants to admit the hoons were responsible for their own deaths. Family, friends and the media play up angles of how angelic and infallible a person they were; fellow hoons claim that the driver was too competant to make any human errors - blaming street conditions; brake failure; etc - instead of admitting that hoons aren't infallible drivers and that speeding is actually really dangerous... hence why race car drivers wear so much protective, anti-flammable gear and their cars have reinforced cages to protect the driver.

If there could ever be a benefit to this kind of tragedy, it would be to stop putting hoons - and hooning enthusiasts - on pedestals after they kill themselves driving dangerously. Make it clear to other enthusiasts that they are 100% responsible when they inevitably lose control/crash.

And a final note: no wonder TMZ has so many spelling/grammar errors - no one on that staff reads. Any casual reader of crime/thriller/mystery novels knows that the heat of the fire contracts the tissues, leaving a burned corpse in a defensive position. And heat often causes the skull to "explode" from expansion pressures. If the driver's skull cap was cut off in the crash, he wouldn't have been breathing in the smoke. Is TMZ where the inbred, illiterate fucktards congregate?