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To: RummyChick

From Wiki:

Death

On June 18, 2013, Hastings died in a single vehicle automobile crash in his Mercedes C250 Coupé at approximately 4:25 a.m. in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.[54] A witness to the crash said the car seemed to be traveling at maximum speed and was creating sparks and flames before it fishtailed and crashed into a palm tree.[55][56] Video from a nearby security camera purportedly shows Hastings’ vehicle speeding and bursting into flames.[57]

Witnesses described the car’s engine being ejected 50 to 60 yards (46–55 m) from the scene.[56][58] Hastings’ body was burned beyond recognition. The coroner identified the body by matching fingerprints with those the FBI had on file.[59][60] Two days after the crash, the Los Angeles Police Department declared that there were no signs of foul play.[61] The coroner’s report ruled the death to be an accident.[62] An autopsy showed that the cause of death was massive blunt force trauma consistent with a high-speed crash.[62]

Hastings was eulogized in the media by figures such as Christopher Hayes,[63] Rachel Maddow,[64] his co-workers at BuzzFeed,[65] and others.[66]

The film Imminent Threat, directed by Janek Ambros, is dedicated to his work.


14 posted on 03/07/2017 6:56:32 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: Red Badger

That is an attention grabber. I remember when that happened, and people were discussing the possibility of someone gaining vehicle control. I would not put that past our government under Obama and the left.


32 posted on 03/07/2017 7:08:38 AM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: Red Badger
wasn't Princess Diana's car a Mercedes Benz?
54 posted on 03/07/2017 7:25:21 AM PST by B212
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To: Red Badger

There was a tv show, not a documentary but a regular weekly show, that had a Hastings storyline shortly after the “accident.” I was jumping up and down and telling everyone what was going to happen next because it WAS Hastings.

I simply can not remember what show it was. Does anyone remember?


61 posted on 03/07/2017 7:31:02 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Red Badger
Re: The engine being ejected 50 to 60 yards

Freepers, does this sound plausible?

148 posted on 03/07/2017 1:08:28 PM PST by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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