No, he wasn’t. The driver was his friend and business partner, Roger Rodas. That’s the official finding from the coroner and the LAPD.
Walker was the passenger that tragic day in 2013. And honestly? This little factoid has become one of Hollywood’s most stubborn myths.
Why This Myth Refuses to Die
It’s kind of funny, isn’t it? We want the star of a car-racing franchise to be the one controlling the machine. It feels more dramatic.
But here’s the twist: Paul was famously a passenger in real life, too. He was a chill, laid-back guy who often let his speed-demon friends drive. He was the Zen master to Rodas’s adrenaline junkie.
