Hundreds of people lined up Sunday to honor and pay their respects to actor Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas at the Santa Clarita crash site where the two men died exactly one year ago.
Actor Paul Walker a star of the Fast and Furious movie franchise died Saturday November 30 2013 in a car accident. (Credit CNN)
A photo tweeted out by the Santa Clarita Valley s sheriff s station showed people lining up behind orange traffic cones and barricades on Rye Canyon Loop the street where both men were killed on Nov. 30 2013 when the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT that Rodas was driving crashed and burst into flames.
Waves of people visited the crash site Sunday with an estimated 500 people showing up at one point according to Deputy Josh Dubin.
We re just asking people to obey the cone patterns and traffic laws. Everyone has been pretty good so far Dubin said.
Paul Walker and Roger Rodas are shown in a photo posted on December 15 2010 to the Always Evolving Facebook page.
The cause of the crash was later determined to be unsafe speed for the roadway conditions the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department stated in March. The car was traveling between 80 and 93 mph at the time of the collision.
The posted speed limit on the road was 45 mph.
Walker and Rodas were both pronounced dead at the scene.
Both men were wearing seat belts and neither had drugs or alcohol in their system according to the autopsy report from the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner that was released in January.
Walker 40 died of the combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries the coroner s reports stated.
The 38 year old Rodas suffered major head trauma and died rapidly of severe blunt head neck and chest trauma according to the report.
Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas were killed in a fiery car crash Saturday in Valencia Nov. 30 2013 (KTLA)
The fiery collision occurred as the two men were heading to an event for Walker s charity Reach Out Worldwide.
Walker s father Paul Walker III told E News in a recent interview that he thought about his son every single day in the wake of the deadly crash CNN reported.
I feel his presence every day he said according to the cable news station. I miss talking to him a great deal. He had a good heart.
Walker s Fast and Furious co star Tyrese Gibson also paid tribute to the actor Sunday posting a photo of Walker and himself to his Facebook page.
A celebration of Paul William Walker will be echoed around the world .1 year ago today God called an angel home early Gibson wrote.
He added that he missed his brother friend and our star.
A makeshift memorial was erected at the crash site in Valencia where actor Paul Walker was killed.(Credit KTLA)
A post on Paul Walker s Facebook page by Team PW asked fans to celebrate the actor s life by sharing their favorite quotes photos and moments. As of 12 30 p.m. the post had more than 11 000 comments and had been shared more than 27 500 times.
Walker s last film Furious 7 was scheduled to be released in movie theaters on April 3 2015.
KTLA s Ashley Soley Cerro contributed to this report.
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