at all. reporter: the driver lost control, spun, struck a sidewalk, tree and light post. exclusive video obtained by cnn shows the moment of impact, and a full minute later, the car bursting into flames. there was nothing, we tried. went through fire extinguishers. reporter: concerned they may have been alive that time not supported by the autopsy. it says both bodies found in pugilistic stance. walker burned so badly, only his lower back, buttocks and feet uncharred. he had multiple bone fractures, only a scant amount of soot found in walker s throat, indicating he wasn t breathing for long. the body of rodas in even more gruesome condition, he died instantly. in hollywood, they never get hurt, they re always driving fast. in reality we have to be concerned. we have to be concerned this could happen to any of us. we got to follow the rules,
and that new information is from the final coroner s report that was just released. and it describes in detail how the fast & furious star and his friend died. here s cnn s alan duke with more. victor and alison, this autopsy report answers serious key questions about how fast & furious star paul walker died. first of all, we find it was a quick death. soon after the porsche slammed into a light post and a tree bursting into flames, walker and the driver, his friend roger rodas were dead. the autopsy revealed that because there were scant traces of soot in their trachea. also these men suffered severe injuries that killed hem. rodas head injury was so severe and described in the autopsy that i won t repeat it. and walker skied in a pugilistic stance as if he were bracing for a crash which suggested it
report on paul walker s death is out and it reveals the actor s life ended just like his movie title, fast & furious. the 15 page documentary shows they died shortly after the crash. allen duke has details. reporter: the coroner s report concludes the death of paul walker was an accident, despite the fact that roger rodas was driving the car well above the posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour at 100 plus miles per hour. it was not rules manslaughter, it was ruled an accident. rodas, the driver who could have possibly faced charges as a result of the crash died. in fact, died almost instantly after the car slammed into a light post and a couple trees and burst into flames. the autopsy says it was traumatic injuries they suffered that killed them, along with burns from the car.
were no other cars around them at all. reporter: the driver spun, struck a light pole, tree and the video to cnn shows the moment of impact and a minute later, the car bursting into flames. there s nothing we tried we went to five extinguishers. reporter: concerned that walker and rodas may have been alive at that entire time. both bodies were found in a pugilistic stance, much like a boxer. walker had multiple bone fractures. only a scant amount of soot was found in walker s throat indicating he wasn t breathing for long. the body of rodas was an even more gruesome condition. he died instantly. in hollywood, we re always driving fast. but we have to be concerned that this could happen to many of us. that s why we ought to follow the rules, follow the speed. we can t be too fast and
position, as if he war bracing for an impact, it suggests. and the other interesting thing is something that we speculated on in the days and weeks after his death, when we looked at video. and that is that it seems that they walker and rodas, did not live very long after the impact. that there was very little indication they had been breathing the fumes of the smoke, did not make it into their lungs in a significant fashion, so they did not suffer long, apparently. walker suffered a number of broken bones. if you want to read the report, these things i have to read as my job, but i wouldn t recommend anybody doing that unless they have to for their job because it s a gruesome description of what happened to this popular actor. it s awful to go through the specifics of the evidence, the body examination, et cetera. just tragic all the way around. alan duke, thank you very much for that update here as we re learning more about the death of paul walker. we also want to talk about