Sad News: Fast & Furious Star, Paul Walker Dies At 40.

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Paul Walker’s tragic death Saturday afternoon came while he was a passenger being driven by his close pal and business partner, Roger Rodas, who also perished in the fiery crash.
The crash happened so close to the charity event Walker had been attending that several of the people there heard it and raced to try to help.
Another emotional victim of the tragedy is Rodas’ eight-year-old son, who was on the scene just seconds after the car burst into flames and tried to get to the vehicle to save his dad and Walker.


This is really sad. He was my first celeb crush.#lovedyouthen,loveyounow,loveyourforever.


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The Fast and the Furious star had been attending an event to raise funds for victims of Typoon Haiyan.  It was a car show put on by his charity, Reach Out Worldwide, held at Rodas’ high end auto shop, Always Evolving, in Valencia, Calif.  Car enthusiast Walker was an investor in the shop.

As the event was wrapping up, at 3:30 pm, the two friends decided to take a cherry red Porsche GT out for a spin.
Less than a minute later, they smashed into a tree and the car exploded into flames.
Everyone at the event heard it, Walker’s friend Antonio Holmes told the Santa Clarita Valley Signal ., “It’s a little difficult to know what it was. Someone called it in and said it was a vehicle fire. We all ran around and jumped in cars and grabbed fire extinguishers and immediately went to the vehicle. It was engulfed in flames. There was nothing. They were trapped. Employees, friends of the shop. We tried. We tried. We went through fire extinguishers.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has said that “speed was a factor” in the crash.
“He lived his life and he died fast and furious today,” added Torp.  “He loved speed, he loved cars, and he had to die this way.  He died in a very fast car with his friend.
Walker leaves behind a daughter, 15.  He had just begun work on Fast & Furious 7
Better days: Here, Walker is pictured with his 15-year-old daughter Meadow (far right) as he takes a break from filming in Montreal back in June



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Wreckage: Actor Paul Walker died in the crash alongside his friend after they decided to take the sports car out for a spin during a charity event
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Sad News: Fast & Furious Star, Paul Walker Dies At 40.
Engulfed: This witness photo shows the Porsche completely engulfed by flames after the driver lost control, hitting a pole and killing himself and Paul Walker
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A friend lost: Bill Townsend posted this picture of himself with Paul Walker taken hours before his tragic death in a car accident in California
His 'Fast & Furious' co-star Vin Diesel posted a photograph of him and Walker arm-in-arm on Instagram with the message: 'Brother I will miss you very much'
Movie wife: Jordana Brewster starred with Walker in the high octane thriller franchise Fast & Furious as the late actor's wife
Fond memories: Fast & Furious co-star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson also tweeted condolences following the well-liked actor's death

Walker was born in Glendale, California, and raised in the San Fernando Valley area with his four siblings.
He previously said the early induction to show business wasn’t to kick start his career but a way to help provide for the family.


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