TRAGIC Paul Walker died in November 2013 – leaving his friends, family and fans devastated. Seven years on, the Fast and the Furious actor is still remembered as an incredible Hollywood talent. What was Paul Walker’s cause of death and how old was he? Paul was just 40 when he died. The Porsche he was […]
TRAGIC Paul Walker died in November 2013 – leaving his friends, family and fans devastated.
Seven years on, the Fast and the Furious actor is still remembered as an incredible Hollywood talent.
Paul was just 40 when he died.
The Porsche he was travelling in crashed into a concrete lamp post and tree at high speed before catching fire, killing him and his friend Roger Rodas, who was driving.
The actor passed away from the combined effects of trauma and burns, leaving his family and film co-stars bereft.
A post-mortem revealed he had no drugs or alcohol in his system when he died.
He had broken bones throughout his body including his jaw, arm, ribs and pelvis.
The crash happened on November 30, 2013.
Paul and pal Roger Rodas, 38, were on their way back from an event for Walker’s charity Reach Out Worldwide for victims of Typhoon Haiyan. Rodas was driving his Porsche Carrera GT.
Rodas crashed into a concrete lamp post and a tree at high speed before the car caught fire, killing them both.
A previous investigation into the accident concluded the vehicle was travelling at 94mph in a 45mph zone.
Claims Porsche were responsible for the death were dismissed by a judge back in 2016.
The judge also stated that Roger’s fatal injuries occurred when he and the Fast and the Furious star collided during the crash, which a crash cage wouldn’t have prevented, before also noting the impact force came from the front of the vehicle.
Judge Gutierrez added there was “undisputed evidence” which showed Roger died from fire caused by racing fuel.
In a heartbreaking 2018 documentary I Am Paul Walker, his mother Cheryl speaks out on the loss of her son.
She reveals on the day of his death Paul had brought his daughter, Meadow, to visit his mother and the trio were discussing plans to buy a Christmas tree that evening.
She explained: “We were having this good conversation, and he’d forgotten about an event he had… He got a text and said, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m supposed to be somewhere!’
The actor’s mother has revealed more details about her son’s tragic death in 2013.
Meadow was just 15 when her father was killed.
A long custody battle between her mother, Paul’s ex-girlfriend Rebecca Soteros and Cheryl ensued in 2014.
Eventually, she dropped her case when Soteros agreed to undertake a rehabilitation programme for her alcoholism.
