Responding to a lawsuit from his daughter, Porsche says Paul Walker’s death was his own fault.
Meadow Walker’s lawsuit disputed police’s assertion that the crash was caused by speeding, saying it was actually caused because the sports car he was riding in had multiple design flaws.
The lawsuit alleges “the vehicle lacked safety features that are found on well-designed racing cars or even Porsche’s least expensive road cars -- features that could have prevented the accident or, at a minimum, allowed Paul Walker to survive the crash.”
“The bottom line is that the Porsche Carrera GT is a dangerous car. It doesn’t belong on the street,” Walker’s attorney, Jeff Milam, said in a statement when the lawsuit was filed in September. “And we shouldn’t be without Paul Walker or his friend, Roger Rodas.”
But Porsche has now responded, saying that the Carrera was “abused and altered” by the car’s owner, as well as “misused and improperly maintained.”
The luxury car company says Paul was a “knowledgeable and sophisticated user of the 2005 Carrera GT” who knowingly exposed himself to the risks involved in using the vehicle, reported CNN.
The company did say that Paul should not have been involved in a test drive for the vehicle.
