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Turnupseed was a 23 year old college student at Cal Poly State University when driving eastbound on Route 466 (later renamed Route 46) when attempting to make a left turn onto Route 41, when he collided with Dean's Porsche traveling in the opposite direction, killing him instantly.
Donald Turnupseed Hollywood actor James Dean was killed at the age of 24 in an auto accident on September 30, 1955, near Cholame, California . He had previously competed in several auto racing events, and was traveling to a sports car racing competition when he was involved in a car crash at the junction of U.S. Route 466 (US 466, now State ...
Photos of late actor James Dean’s fatal car accident that were to be used in court are going to auction in August and are expected to bring in $20,000.
Dean, the 24-year-old actor and racer who starred in 1955’s Rebel Without a Cause and East of Eden, was killed on September 30, 1955, when his 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder collided with a 1950 Ford Custom driven by Donald Turnupseed near Cholame, California.
On September 30, 1955, he set off to the race's location with his mechanic Rolf Wütherich. While driving along U.S. Route 446 near Cholame, California, Dean's Porsche crashed into a Ford Tudor driven by 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed that was going in the opposite direction.
Wütherich was catapulted from the car and suffered several broken bones. The Ford was spun down the highway before it came to a stop and its driver, 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed, escaped with only minor injuries.
Turnupseed, who survived the car crash that killed actor James Dean, died of lung cancer Thursday in Tulare, Calif. He was 63. Turnupseed gave only one interview about the Sept. 30, 1955, crash...
The Ford, driven by 23-year-old Cal Poly student Donald Turnupseed, was turning at an intersection when the two cars hit almost head-on, resulting in massive damage to Dean’s Porsche. The actor...
The driver of the other car, 23-year-old California Polytechnic State University student Donald Turnupseed, was dazed but mostly uninjured; Dean’s passenger, German Porsche mechanic Rolf...
The driver of the other car, 23-year-old California Polytechnic State University student Donald Turnupseed, was “dazed but mostly uninjured; Dean’s passenger, German Porsche mechanic Rulf Wutherich, was badly injured but survived.”