--- description: Lawyers for Porsche are blaming the man who was behind the wheel during a fiery Southern California crash that killed the driver and "Fast &... title: Porsche Blames Paul Walker Crash on Driver in Response to Suit image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Porsche Blames Paul Walker Crash on Driver in Response to Suit by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 1, 2015 9:12 AM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 1, 2015 9:12 AM CUT Lawyers for Porsche are blaming the man who was behind the wheel during a fiery Southern California crash that killed the driver and “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker. The statements were made in a response to a civil lawsuit alleging a vehicle flaw caused the 2013 crash. Roger Rodas and Walker [were killed](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/paul-walker-died-traumatic-thermal-injuries-autopsy-concludes-f2D11689605 "undefined") on Nov. 30\. 2013 after Rodas’ 2005 Porsche Carrera GT crashed into a tree and burst into flames after the men left a charity event in Santa Clarita, California. Walker was a passenger in the car. Rodas’ widow, Kristine Rodas, sued Porsche Cars North America, saying her husband was an experienced driver … [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/porsche-blames-paul-walker-crash-driver-response-suit-n333716?cid=par-time-article%5F20150401 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3766709/paul-walker-fast-furious-porsche-crash-death-carrera-gt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3766709/paul-walker-fast-furious-porsche-crash-death-carrera-gt/"},"headline":"Porsche Blames Paul Walker Crash on Driver in Response to Suit","datePublished":"2015-04-01T09:12:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:36:19.146Z","description":"Lawyers for Porsche are blaming the man who was behind the wheel during a fiery Southern California crash that killed the driver and \"Fast &...","url":"https://time.com/3766709/paul-walker-fast-furious-porsche-crash-death-carrera-gt/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3766709/paul-walker-fast-furious-porsche-crash-death-carrera-gt/","name":"Porsche Blames Paul Walker Crash on Driver in Response to Suit"}}]}] ```