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Related: About this forumSocial media influencer known for racing dies in crash while speeding, NYPD says
Social media influencer known for racing dies in crash while speeding, NYPD says
Andre Beadle, who garnered a following on Instagram and YouTube, was killed speeding on an expressway in Queens, New York, the NYPD said.
Andre Beadle.1stockf30 / Instagram
Nov. 7, 2024, 4:20 PM EST
By Antonio Planas
A social media influencer known for drag-racing videos died in a car crash early Wednesday on a New York City expressway.
Andre Beadle, 25, of the Bronx, was speeding as he was driving a 2023 BMW shortly before 1:15 a.m. on the Nassau Expressway in Jamaica, Queens, New York police said.
The driver lost control and veered to the right, causing the vehicle to travel off the right side of the roadway into the right shoulder, striking a metal pole, police said in a statement. This caused the vehicle to veer back across the eastbound lanes to the left shoulder, ejecting the operator from the vehicle.
Beadle was declared dead at a hospital, police said. The investigation, police said, is ongoing. Beadle, who amassed 246,000 Instagram followers and nearly 60,000 YouTube followers, had recently posted videos showing off the power of a BMW M240.
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Andre Beadle, who garnered a following on Instagram and YouTube, was killed speeding on an expressway in Queens, New York, the NYPD said.
Andre Beadle.1stockf30 / Instagram
Nov. 7, 2024, 4:20 PM EST
By Antonio Planas
A social media influencer known for drag-racing videos died in a car crash early Wednesday on a New York City expressway.
Andre Beadle, 25, of the Bronx, was speeding as he was driving a 2023 BMW shortly before 1:15 a.m. on the Nassau Expressway in Jamaica, Queens, New York police said.
The driver lost control and veered to the right, causing the vehicle to travel off the right side of the roadway into the right shoulder, striking a metal pole, police said in a statement. This caused the vehicle to veer back across the eastbound lanes to the left shoulder, ejecting the operator from the vehicle.
Beadle was declared dead at a hospital, police said. The investigation, police said, is ongoing. Beadle, who amassed 246,000 Instagram followers and nearly 60,000 YouTube followers, had recently posted videos showing off the power of a BMW M240.
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Social media influencer known for racing dies in crash while speeding, NYPD says (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 10
OP
What's that cliche? He died doing something he loved. Reality-dying for the Gram is certainly commitment.
Comfortably_Numb
Nov 10
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Comfortably_Numb
(4,118 posts)1. What's that cliche? He died doing something he loved. Reality-dying for the Gram is certainly commitment.
hlthe2b
(106,559 posts)2. I hate hate hate hate the term "social media INFLUENCER"... uggh
I'm sorry this guy died because of his own foolishness, but then again how many others who are "influenced" by such stupidity online--whether racing or how and what they eat, the refusal to protect themselves against COVID-19 or other preventable diseases--or whatever else earns these clueless people $$$-- will suffer as well?
MichMan
(13,367 posts)3. Street racing in a vehicle that should have been on a racetrack
Reckless and irresponsible at 1AM
Ferryboat
(1,042 posts)4. Good
Too many assholes drive like everyone else is inconveniently in the way.
MerrilyMerrily
(190 posts)5. I'm not glad it happened
But I'm glad it was a one-car accident.
Tanuki
(15,370 posts)6. I'm glad the damn fool didn't kill or maim anyone else
in his quest for internet fame.