The ultimate seconds of automobile influencer James Wehr and his passenger’s lives had been captured on video as his purple McLaren slammed right into a tree and erupted into a large fireball.
The footage, obtained by TMZ, was recorded from one other car’s dashcam, and exhibits Wehr’s McLaren speed up quickly earlier than hitting what seems to be a moist part of pavement. The McLaren’s break lights activate because the car swerves proper, slamming right into a tree with a fiery explosion.
The crash killed the 27-year-old automobile influencer and his 22-year-old passenger, Alexis “Lexi” Kramer.
“We imagine that pace was an element on this,” Ziggy Azarcon, a public info officer with the Irvine Police Division, instructed The California Put up. Cops additionally imagine Wehr was driving the car on the time of the crash, a legislation enforcement supply instructed The Put up.
The crash occurred shortly after midnight Sunday close to Culver Drive and Deerfield Avenue in Irvine.
Orange County firefighters had been known as to the scene to battle the blaze, and police discovered the our bodies after the smoke cleared. Footage taken of first responders on the scene confirmed the McLaren nonetheless engulfed in flames and particles scattered throughout the street.
Wehr was the founding father of San Clemente’s South OC Automobiles and Espresso and had attended certainly one of his common automobile exhibits earlier that day.
Simply an hour earlier than the deadly crash, he posted a photograph on Instagram showing to indicate a police cruiser pulling him over in Newport Seashore.
Kramer was from Lakeland, Florida, and was a Hooters calendar woman.
Kramer had flown out from Lakeland, Florida Friday to fulfill Wehr, who stated he was within the technique of separating from his spouse Emma Wehr, Kramer’s member of the family instructed The Put up.
The pair spent the weekend collectively through which they went on a primary date, had breakfast and drinks collectively, and attended Wehr’s world-famous automobile present earlier than the deadly crash.
Kramer met Wehr over Instagram they usually had been speaking for about one month earlier than they first met, the member of the family stated. Wehr allegedly instructed Lexi his marriage to Emma was over and their divorce was underway.
Orange County courtroom information reviewed by The Put up didn’t point out a divorce case had been filed.
“[He] talked to her daily on a regular basis and at last bought her to fly out to California to return see him,” the member of the family stated, including Lexi had a ardour for “American muscle automobiles and bikes.”
“She beloved the automobile group, so it’s such a tragedy that that’s what ended her,” the member of the family instructed The Put up.
“As you may think about, this was very surprising and exhausting. She was form and humorous and charismatic and I’ve had so many individuals attain out and share their great experiences with Lexi.”
The Irvine Police Division’s investigation into the crash stays ongoing.
