He was so badly burned that none of his organs were suitable for donation

Jan 4, 2014 07:20 GMT  ·  By

The autopsy report on the Paul Walker crash investigation was made public on Friday, January 3, by the Los Angeles County Coroner. It reveals some horrific injuries sustained both by the actor and the driver of the car, Roger Rodas. However, it fails to explain the cause of the crash, determining it was “an accident.”

Walker's body was found by emergency personnel in the passenger seat sitting in a defensive position which the report calls a “pugilistic stance.” He suffered severe burns all over his skin to an extent that none of his organs were suitable for donation.

Evidence of the fact that Walker's death was not instantaneous was the “scant soot in Walker's trachea,” which reveals he managed to take in a few more breaths while the car was engulfed in flames. The report listed as cause of death the “combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries.”

The report reveals that Paul had a 14% carbon monoxide saturation in his bloodstream and Rodas 10%. The normal level is 2%.

Walker also sustained multiple fractures to his jaw, collarbone and upper left arm, but there were also broken bones in his rib cage and the pelvic region. Rodas seems to have fared far worse, suffering major head trauma that left the top portion of his skull fractured and his brain exposed.

No traces of alcohol, cocaine, marijuana or other impairing drugs were found in the systems of either Walker or Rodas, eliminating the possibility the accident was caused by substance abuse.

The report concludes that both men died almost instantaneously following the crash. It's been determined that the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT spun out of control, hit a lamp post, spun again in a 180 degree move and then struck a tree, nearly breaking in half, before bursting into flames.

As it was previously mentioned, there was no mechanical fault found in the car and the road surface did not pose any problems. The road the car was traveling on at the time of the impact in Santa Clarita, California, is a large 1-mile loop that is isolated from major traffic, especially on weekends.