Actor and former racing driver friend killed instantly after Porsche Carrera GT smashes into tree and bursts into flames.
Fast and Furious star Paul Walker jumped into his pal's Porsche supercar and told him "let's go for a drive" moments before he was killed in a horror crash.
Walker
was a passenger in the red Porsche Carrera GT - driven by friend and
former racing driver Roger Rodas - when it smashed into a tree and burst
into flames.
The pair, who were on their way to a charity event organised by Walker, died instantly.
Standing at the crash scene friend Jim Torp recalled the last time he saw the 40-year-old actor.
He told reporters: "Roger backed it in to the garage and Paul jumped in and said 'Hey, let's go for a drive'."
Pointing
to the mangled wreckage of the Porsche Carrera GT, Jim added: "So they
went for a little drive and this is what happened."
Earlier Mr Torp paid tribute to Walker saying he "lived his life and died fast and furious".
Mr Torp, who was at the charity event, said he and friends were
trying to make sense of the horrific crash and its grim parallel to
Walker's movie franchise.
He told the New York Daily News: "It's strange.
"(Walker)
made his movies. He lived his life and he died fast and furious today.
He loved speed, he loved cars, and he had to die this way. He died in a
very fast car with his friend."
As police continued their
investigations into the fireball crash Sgt. Brian Allen of the Santa
Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station told the Santa Clarita Valley Signal:
“We don’t know much about the cause of the collision other than that we
know speed was at least a contributing factor."
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