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The Internet exploded on Saturday evening with news that the 40 year old star from The Fast and the Furious, Paul Walker, was killed in a fatal car accident.

Walker was leaving a charity car show in Santa Clarita, California to raise money for the Philippines typhoon relief   when the driver of the car lost control of the vehicle and hit either a post or a tree causing the car to burst into flames.  Walker and the driver, whose identity has not yet been released, were both killed in the crash.

 

Image Credits: TMZ.com 

A statement released on Walker’s official Facebook page read:

It is with a truly heavy heart that we must confirm that Paul Walker passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide. He was a passenger in a friend’s…