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James Dean loved racing cars, and in fact he and his brand new 7000 Porsche Spyder convertible were on their way to a race in Salinas, 90 miles south of witnesses San Francisco argued that Dean hadn t at a speed excessive when the accident actually Turnupseed had made a left turn right in the path of the Spyder, but some people notice it must have been driving awfully fast to it obtained a ticket excess speed in Bakersfield , 150 miles from the accident site, at 3: 30 pm and had stopped at a dinner for a Coke, which meant it to cover quite a distance within a period of time still relatively short, dusk collection and radiance of the setting sun, it was impossible to see the Porsche Turnupseed not just whatever speed he was going.
Rumor has it that Dean's car, which it is nicknamed the Little Bastard, was cursed After the accident, the car rolled to the back of a truck and crushed the legs of a mechanic standing near later, after a used car dealer sold her pieces to buyers all over the country, strange incidents multiplied car engine, transmission and tires have all been transplanted into cars that were then involved in fatal accidents and a truck chassis Spyder exposure to road safety skidded off the road, killing the driver remains in the car disappeared from the scene of the accident and haven t been seen since.
W therich, whose feelings of guilt after the car accident has never diminished, has attempted suicide twice in 1960 and in 1967, he stabbed his wife 14 times with a kitchen knife in murder suicide failed and he died in a car accident drunk driving in 1981 Turnupseed died of lung cancer in 1981.
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