at that speed, hitting those objects, the car was just destroyed. but he survived the crash, correct? briefly? not very long. briefly. this is what is really interesting. in the autopsy report. there was very little evidence of soot in their throats or in their tracheas. indicating that they were not breathing very long after the fire started. in fact, rodas, his head injuries were so severe, i won t even go into graphic detail because it was really bad. he had a very bad head injury, and he died quickly. and rodas died soon after the crash. they were both in pugilistic stances, according to the autopsy report. that s a defensive position, suggesting perhaps, that they were braced for the crash. it spun around, the car did. and it was a very a very high-powered crash. that s what killed them. yes, the fire charred their
restrain yourself. it is kind of taming a wild animal. to be to be a little afraid of it. the autopsy difference between two victims, paul walker and the driver, roger rodas, does that mean they died in different ways? reporter: not necessarily and here s why. we got a little clarification from the coroner. the autopsies were done by two separate doctors. it may just be semantics. the doctor who perform rodas autopsy simply chose to put it all together as multiple trauma and within that assume that thermal trauma could be part of it. the other doctor was more specific. we may know when the full autopsy, the specifics come out in weeks and we should know about the toxicology report in six to eight weeks. i m behind you. it looks like there is still a
polls, how everyone is feeling after this? that s at the bottom of the hour. stay with me for that. i want to move along and talk about the new details on how actor paul walker and his friend roger rodas died in that car crash saturday. rodas, as you know, driving in that limited edition porsche carrera gt, walker a star of the movie series the fast & furious kwaelts was a passenger in the car, and that slammed into a light pole in valencia, california, before bursting into flames. now the autopsy report is in. casey wian has those details for us. he joins us now. casey, what have you learned? reporter: well, brooke, the limited information that the l.a. county coroner s office is provided us is very, very revealing and very, very chilling. it concludes that paul walker died of the combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries. thermal injuries, of course, related to the explosion that happened after that crash. and as you may remember from the
walter s friend roger rodas who was driving was killed. a memorial was held at the crash site at santa collar rita last night. the fast and furious as far spoke of his friend. the love that has been shown paul will stay with me forever. i just want to say thank you. thank you for coming down here and showing that angel up in heaven how much you appreciate him. autopsies for walker and rodas are are scheduled for today. a large corn silo collapses on to a building in a small town in seattle. the male employee is trapped inside an office building by tons of grain. a full search was delayed because of lighting issues. it is not clear what caused the collapse. the house is considering several measures today including two controversial bills you should know about. the undetectable firearms act is
bodies from the wreckage, i can tell you the significance. the 60 seconds you don t see smoke, what was happening then, that is the horror that paul walker and roger we are suffering. they were, at that time, all right, let s watch it again, light post, it goes down. that is realtime there. again, the edited, that smoke, that edit leaves out a 60-second gap there. if we see the 60 seconds, we see horror below those hedges because those men obviously would have been trying to get out, and nobody was there outside to help them. it wasn t until the flames were rising and the smoke was above those hedges that you re looking at now, about two minutes later, that anyone arrived with a fire extinguisher or to try to help them. we ve heard of heroic efforts to try to pull the men out because it was too late. the friends were at a charity event at rodas car shop when