James Dean, linda lovelace, Ryan Dunn and now Paul Walker, there’s a long list of celebrities who lost their lives on the road. They have mostly been victims of overspeeding and alcohol
Ryan Dunn
Jackass star Dunn, died in an alcohol-related automobile accident in West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, on the morning of June 20, 2011, alongside his friend Zachary Hartwell, a production assistant on Jackass Number Two. The plaintiffs claim that Dunn displayed negligence and recklessness in failing to have his vehicle under adequate and proper control, operating his vehicle under the influence of alcohol, operating his vehicle at an excessive rate of speed and violently veering off a road and into a tree, among other alleged transgressions.
James Dean
He was an American actor. Dean is a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled los Angeles teenager Jim Stark. He was travelling to a sports car racing competition when his car crashed at the junction of California State Route 46 (former 466) and California State Route 41, killing him instantly. There is an ironic epilogue to James Dean’s fatal crash in 1955: while filming Giant, Dean also filmed a short Public Service Announcement (PSA) with actor Gig Young for the National Safety Council. It featured James Dean dressed as the young Jett Rink talking about how driving fast on the highway can be more dangerous than racing on the track. It ends with Dean, instead of saying the standard phrase, “The life you save may be your own,” humorously ad-libbing, “The life you might save might be mine.”
lisa lopes
She is better known by her stage name, left Eye, was an American rapper, dancer, and singer-songwriter. She is best known as a member of the R&B/hip-hop group TlC. On April 25, 2002, lopes was killed in a car crash in la Ceiba, Honduras. She was the driver of the vehicle when she rolled off the road and was thrown out; she died from her injuries. The last days of her life were filmed from March 30, 2002 until her death on April 25, 2002, including the accident which took her life; later the footage was made into a documentary called The last Days of left Eye.
Princess Grace Kelly
American film actress and princess of Monaco was the wife of Prince Rainier III. She died on 14 September 1982, after suffering a stroke the previous day while driving, which caused her to lose control of her automobile and crash. Her daughter, princess Stéphanie, was in the car with her, and survived the accident.
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting. Pollock died at the age of 44 in an alcohol-related, single-car accident. He was driving. In 2000, Pollock was the subject of the film Pollock, directed by and starring Ed Harris, which won an Academy Award.
Jayne Mansfield
She was an American actress in film, theatre, and television, a nightclub entertainer, a singer. She was a major Hollywood sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s. Mansfield was 20th Century Fox’s alternative to Marilyn Monroe and came to be known as the Working Man’s Monroe. She was also known for her well-publicised personal life and publicity stunts, such as wardrobe malfunctions. In 1967 Mansfield died in a car accident at the age of 34. The car struck the rear of the trailer and went under it. The three adults in the front seat were killed instantly; the children, in the rear, survived with minor injuries.
Jaspal Bhatti
Padma Bhushan Jaspal Bhatti, was most well known for his television series Flop Show and mini capsules Ulta Pulta which ran on Doordarshan, India’s national television network, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He died in a car accident near Shahkot in Nakodar area of the Jalandhar district on October 25, 2012, aged 57. The car was driven by his son, Jasraj Bhatti.