LeVar Burton on July 13th 2009 - was involved in a five-car crash, but he apparently he didn’t suffer any serious injuries.
LeVar also contributed in one way or another, in all four of the TNG films. Counting the most recent, "Star Trek Nemesis."
Police Detective Judy Acosta of the Los Angeles Police Department, says that Burton's 2006 Mercedes was on the Beverly Boulevard in the West part of Los Angeles at approximately 7:40 p.m. when suddenly a 74-year-old woman, who was in a 2006 Scion turned left just in front of him.
Detective Acosta declared that the cars crashed. LeVar Burton's car, subsequently then hit a parked car - thus leading into a sequence reaction that damaged the two other parked cars.
According to Detective Acosta - both drivers declared that they feel pain, just when they were examined at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. An interesting thing is, that nobody was ticketed.
James Dean died on the 30th of September 1955 – in his new Porsche Spyder. James Dean starred in 3 films, which were: East of Eden (Release date in USA: 1955) Rebel Without a Cause (Release date in USA: 1955) and Giant (Release date in USA: 1956). Also, he starred in numerous TV-Shows. James Dean died at the age of 24, and a movie which definitely created a reputation of him as a troubled stereotypical high school rebel - Jim Stark. This fact appealed to the teenagers of those times. Even though his death was a long time ago, he clearly became an icon for the millions of fans and generally in the pop culture. Furthermore, the fact that he perished in a high-speed car accident, only contributes to the dramatic James Dean icon chronicle.