James Dean — Secrets Of Fatal Car Crash Revealed

James Dean became a screen legend after dying at 24 years old on September 30, 1955 — but now computer technology has revealed shocking secrets behind the star's fatal car crash!

It's been over 60 years since the star’s Porsche Spyder 550 collided with a Ford coupe at the junction of California’s State Routes 46 and 41. Now ground-breaking technology has revealed that Dean didn't die as a daredevil driver. That contradicts decades of Hollywood lore that Dean — a wild rebel in real life — was driving his high-powered Porsche at warp speed on his way to take part in a car race.

Instead, the late Hollywood heartthrob was traveling at just over 70 mph — up to 20 mph slower than what was originally claimed! It has also been revealed that Dean braked hard when local man Donald Turnupseed pulled out ahead of the star on the road. That's after years of speculation that Dean crashed while trying to race around the other man's car.

Dean had been accompanied by mechanic Rolf Wütherich, who miraculously survived the fiery crash. The last surviving witness to Dean's death, Don Dooley, has insisted that it was actually Rolf driving as the Porsche went off the road. A sophisticated computer analysis, however, shows that Dean was behind the wheel!

In fact, the new recreation of the crash has determined that Dean’s body, which took the full force of the impact, was flung into the passenger seat by the other car in the collision. Don witnessed the tragic crash alongside his brother-in-law, and said: “James Dean was sitting on the left side facing us, on the passenger side” — but that was after the damage had already been done.

Dean's last words, according to Rolf, were: “That guy’s gotta stop. He’ll see us.” Instead, the demolished Porsche was left a mangled mass of metal. It was so badly damaged that police officers at the scene described it as “looking like it exploded.”

Dean, who died from a broken neck and massive internal injuries, had made just three films before he died. The classic “East of Eden” was the only one he would see released in his lifetime. When “Rebel Without a Cause” came out a month after his death, the charismatic doomed star became an American icon.

“Giant” — with Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson — would be his last screen appearance, as he received the first posthumous acting nomination in Oscars history. Turnupseed died from lung cancer in July 1995. He always declined interviews with reporters about the accident. "That's something that bothered him his whole life," said Wally Nelson, the president of Turnupseed Electric. "That's not Donald Turnupseed."