UPDATE: The household of Road Outlaws: Quickest in America racing star Ryan Fellows has filed a wrongful loss of life lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court docket. They declare gross negligence in a avenue race held on a Nevada street that led to Fellows’ loss of life.
Warner Bros. Discovery and Lions Gate Leisure have been amongst these named.
The drag races that led to Fellows’s loss of life have been filmed final 12 months on a “dusty, weather-beaten, tough asphalt roadway” within the Las Vegas desert. The placement “didn’t meet any of the business security requirements” for drag racing, the swimsuit claimed. The defendants allegedly oversaw quite a few crashes on the location and had alternatives to maneuver the races, however didn’t.
“We proceed to increase our deepest sympathy to Ryan’s family members and your complete Road Outlaws household. We can not touch upon pending litigation,” mentioned a Discovery spokesperson assertion.
EARLIER: Road Outlaws: Quickest In America star Ryan Fellows has died in a fiery crash whereas filming the Discovery present, Deadline has confirmed.
Fellows was racing one other driver early Sunday morning outdoors Las Vegas in a scheduled race for the evening of the present when he misplaced management close to the end line, TMZ experiences citing a supply. The car, a gold Nissan 240z, rolled over and caught fireplace. Onlookers tried to drag Fellows out of the burning automotive, however have been unsuccessful.
You’ll be able to watch a preview clip of the episode under.
“The Road Outlaws household is heartbroken by the accident that led to the tragic loss of life of Ryan Fellows,” a Discovery spokesperson mentioned in an announcement to Deadline. “We lengthen our deepest sympathy to Ryan’s family members as they course of this sudden and devastating loss.”
