Fast & Furious Star Paul Walker Dies in Car Crash

'Fast and Furious' actor Walker dies in car crash

LOS ANGELES: Paul Walker, one of the stars of the popular “Fast and Furious” fast-car action movies, died in an auto crash on Saturday, his publicists said on his social media accounts.

Fast & Furious Star Paul Walker Dies in Car Crash

“It is with a truly heavy heart that we must confirm that Paul Walker  passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for  his organization Reach Out Worldwide,” read the posting on the actor’s Facebook  account.

 “He was a passenger in a friend’s car, in which both lost their lives.”  

 The publicists, who described themselves as Team PW, wrote that they were “stunned and saddened beyond belief by this news.”   

A similar message was posted on Twitter.

 Walker, 40, was best known for his role as undercover agent Brian O’Connor  in the “Fast and Furious” movies.

 He appeared in all but one of the six movies in the series, and was one of  the leading protagonists along with Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez.

 Walker died in Los Angeles county when the car he was traveling in slammed  into a tree and caught fire, US media reported. -  AFP

Sheriff's deputies work near the wreckage of a Porsche that crashed into a light pole on Hercules Street near Kelly Johnson Parkway in Valencia, California yesterday. A publicist for actor Paul Walker says the star of the "Fast & Furious" movie series died in the crash north of Los Angeles. He was 40. - AP Photo

Fast & Furious Star Paul Walker Dies in Car Crash

Fast & Furious Star Paul Walker Dies in Car Crash