Sad news: Paul Walker dead at 40: 'Fast and Furious' star killed in fiery car crash

The star of 'The Fast and the Furious' movie franchise and a friend identified as Roger Rodas died in Southern California after the Porsche they were in crashed violently into a tree, his rep confirmed to the Daily News. Police said speed was a factor.

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BY MATTHEW HELLER , ETHAN SACKS , JOEL LANDAU AND RICH SCHAPIRO / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

PUBLISHED: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2013, 9:30 PM

UPDATED: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2013, 6:23 AM

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Paul Walker, 40, died in a car accident in California on Saturday afternoon. Here, Walker attends the "Fast & Furious 6" world premiere in London, England, on May 7.

Actor Paul Walker — a self-styled adrenaline junkie best known for his role in “The Fast and the Furious” movies — was killed Saturday in a fiery single-car wreck in Southern California.

The 40-year-old Walker was riding in a red Porsche GT about 3:30 p.m. when the sports car flew off the road and slammed into a tree in Santa Clarita, authorities and witnesses said. The car burst into flames.

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Paul Walker (left) seen with Roger Rodas, who has been identified as the other person who died in the car crash.

“It was engulfed in flames,” said Antonio Holmes, a friend of Walker’s who raced to the scene after hearing about the crash. “There was nothing. They were trapped.”

Holmes said he was among a group of people who showed up at the site with fire extinguishers and tried to rescue Walker and the driver. “We tried. We tried,” he told the Santa Clarita Valley Signal. “Him and his buddy, his brother in arms at heart, just decided to joyride, take a spin. Something we all do.”

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Firefighters spray water on the wreckage of the Porsche that crashed in Valencia, Calif., on Saturday. 

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