Five Celebrities Who Have Lost Their Lives In Car Accidents

by AllAutoExperts    |  16 January, 2016

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Daily, on the roads around, a lot of accidents happen. Unfortunately, many of them result in the deaths of thousands of people.

If you were to speak more precisely, the figure of deceased persons rises up to 3,400 per day!

Other tens of thousands remain affected or traumatized for life...Among them are celebrities, and below you see a top with five of the most outstanding!

Paul Walker (40 years old)

On November 30, 2013, Paul Walker lost his life when the car in which he was - a Porsche Carrera GT 2005 came violently into a power pole. Both Paul and his friend, a professional race car driver, died instantly.

James Dean (24 years old)

On September 30, 1955, James Dean has died after his car Porsche 550 Spyder, which was with the mechanic Rolf Weutherich, collided with another car on a highway in California. The actor died on the way to the hospital from injuries around the neck.

Princess Diana (36 years old)

On August 31 1997 Diana died in a car crash in the tunnel street called Pont de l'Alma in Paris along with Dodi Al-Fayed and with the head of security from the Ritz Hotel in Paris, Henri Paul. Their car, a Mercedes-Benz S280 W140 crashed into the thirteenth pillar of the tunnel. It says that the driver was driving with 200 km/h to escape the paparazzi.

Albert Camus (64-year-old)

The writer Albert Camus died on January 4, 1960, in a car accident at the age of 64 years old. Some think that the accident was the result of Soviet intrigue. "That day, Camus actually supposed to return home by train. He even took the train ticket, but changed his mind in the last minute and decided to go home with Michel Gallimard (Gallimard Gaston's grandson, the founder of the famous French publishers). Moreover, the car belonged to Gallimard, "he said a witness later. The Vega phacelia car brand entered into a tree.

Grace Kelly (52 years old)

The actress Grace Kelly mourned the United States when she died in a road accident on September 14, 1982, at just 52 years old. She suffered a stroke while she was driving and lost control of the car. Her daughter Stephanie survived.

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