According to Dailymail, it has been revealed the eight-year-old son of Rodas was one of the first to the site of the horrific car crash that claimed the lives of his father and 40-year-old actor Paul Walker on Saturday. Before the flames had even died down around the Porsche Carrera GT Rodas' son heroically came rushing to try and pull his dad from the inferno. "His son had jumped the fence and gone over, he was trying to get his dad out," said eyewitness, Jim Torp.
The tragic detail emerged after footage surfaced of the Fast & Furious actor stepping into his friend's ill-fated sports car just 30 minutes before the horrendous crash in which the pair lost their lives. According to Radar Online, the crash happened so close to the charity event that Walker was attending that Rodas's son was on the scene in mere seconds. "There was nothing he could do," Torp said.
TMZ reports that the crash occurred as the friends were on their way back from a 20 minute drive. Prior to that drive, Rodas had personally taken the wheel of the vehicle after one of the former race car driver's employees at the upscale auto shop he owned was having issues backing the car up into the garage. The vehicle reportedly kept stalling for the employee.
As Rodas took control, Walker hopped in because he hadn't yet had a chance to take a spin in the impressive sports car. The crash occurred just yards away from the auto shop as the friends returned.
The county coroner has revealed that the bodies of Walker and and his friend/business partner were so badly burned in the horrific incident that they are currently unidentifiable.
"There was a post-collision fire and bodies are not visually identifiable," said L.A. County deputy coroner Dana Bee.The L.A. County Coroner's office has requested dental records for both victims before they can identify the bodies. Autopsies on both bodies have been delayed until later this week, reports TMZ. Walker, who appeared in five of the six films about illegal street racing and heists, had been at an event for his charity Reach Out Worldwide before deciding to take the car, a cherry-red Porsche, out for a drive with his friend.
Walker was a self-confessed adrenaline junkie who enjoyed fast cars, surfing and outdoor pursuits. On his official Twitter account, he described himself as "outdoorsman, ocean addict, adrenaline junkie ... and I do some acting on the side."The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that speed was a factor in the crash.
By Saturday evening, all that remained was the burnt mangled metal of the red car and a light pole that had been knocked down.The driver of the car was identified as former race car driver Rodas, who was also Walker's financial adviser. The pair were friends and had been racing for several years before they began collaborating on Walker's finances.
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