The Porsche Carrera GT that crashed
killing Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker had no mechanical problems,
according to investigators. A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the
car lost control due to "speed, and speed alone".
The investigation also ruled out debris in road as causing the
car in which Walker was a passenger to smash into a street light and a tree. The
actor and driver, his friend and financial adviser Roger Rodas, were both
killed in the accident on November 30.
Investigators have refused to set a firm speed at which they
think the car was travelling until Porsche engineers come to California next
month to extract information from on-board data collectors.
According the reports in the US, three black boxes have been
recovered from the vehicle.
One
will be able to tell the last speed recorded and whether the airbags were
deployed and the other two will give information on the throttle and engine
readings.
As a result of 40-year-old Walker's death, Universal Pictures
has announced it is putting the filming of Fast & Furious 7 on hold
indefinitely.
More
than half the movie has reportedly been made and it was slated for release on
July 11, 2014.
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