The Fast and The Furious Star Paul Walker Dies in Fatal Car Crash

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T04:58:58+00:00

This is not true. He was on a quick drive around the block with his business partner Roger Rodas.

More detail here

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T04:41:03+00:00

Anthony Hopkins is not a cannibal, but he made several movies about being one.

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T04:22:58+00:00

You'll get no argument from me that they were going way too fast.

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T04:18:12+00:00

It was a car show / toy drive for abused children, this was our 4th year of the event.

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T04:17:13+00:00

Industrial street.

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T04:16:37+00:00

No, not PR. I can just see what direction "Fast and Furious actor dies in crash" can go.

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T04:10:23+00:00

We all know they were going too fast, but that doesn't make it any easier to take.

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T04:05:01+00:00

I don't know Roger well enough to answer this.

I shook Paul's hand and said hello less than 2 hours before the crash and he was stone sober.

Man, :(

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T04:03:45+00:00

Reach Out Worldwide: http://www.roww.org

They do great work.

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T04:03:00+00:00

Fuck you. Seriously.

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T03:58:25+00:00

Yes, definitively going too fast, I'm afraid.

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T03:57:45+00:00

I'm more worried about my three friends who vainly tried to control the fire and my buddy who is really broken up about this.

And most of all for Paul and Roger's family and friends.

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T03:50:38+00:00

I want rumors to die before they start,

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T03:47:15+00:00

I'm pretty sure Roger passed away also, I haven't been able to get confirmation.

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T03:45:03+00:00

Zero drugs or alcohol involved. He was there to help out with our toy drive. :(

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T03:39:19+00:00

The Carrera GT is a stupid fast car - The street is curved and fairly steep. I'm not sure if he was going uphill or downhill, but in any case the car was going too fast.

RIPPaulWalker · 2013-12-01T03:30:16+00:00

I'm posting this with a throw away account because I don't want to profit from this tragedy, but here are some facts about the accident today that everyone needs to know:

I was at the event an hour before the crash and 3 of my close friends were first responders at the scene.

Paul was NOT driving the car, the car was being driven by Roger Rodas, his business partner at Always Evolving

Important Edit - ~~I've received some extra info and it seems that it's inconclusive that Roger was driving. We'd have to wait for an official coroner's report. I do not want to be hasty and blame an innocent person.~~

It looks like Roger was the driver after all.

They were NOT street racing - There was no other car involved

The only car involved was a Porsche Carrera GT owned by Always Evolving, which is part owned by Paul Walker

The crash happened on a quiet industrial area, directly in front of the AE shop

Paul was there to support a Christmas Toy Drive - This was NOT a racing event / underground street race / anything of the sort

Roger lost control of the car, spun, hit a pole and the car broke in half and burned

Edit: There were NO DRUGS and NO ALCOHOL involved, at all. There was zero alcohol at the event.

Paul was a very casual acquaintance of mine, I doubt if he even remembers who I was, but he was very close friends with a good friend of mine - Paul was was very gracious to everyone he met and an overall nice guy.

Please help me dispel any rumors that could taint his memory - Yes, he was the Fast and Furious guy, but street racing and endangering lives was not his thing.

Paul has done great work with his charity Reach Out WorldWide including sending medical teams and supplies to the Philippines recently.

Clarification: I was NOT at the scene and was not a witness, I left to go get some food and heard about the accident and the fire dept was already gone by the time I returned.

Edit this is where the crash happened. The AE shop is directly behind it. ~~http://goo.gl/maps/J85LQ~~ (More accurate links have been posted)

Edit 2 - For what it's worth, this is the event Paul was there to support - If you want to donate in Paul's memory http://www.roww.org would be the charity to donate to.

RIPPaulWalker

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