‘Street Outlaws’ Star Ryan Fellows’ Family Sues Discovery Over Fatal Crash

The family of the late “Street Outlaws: Fastest in America” star Ryan Fellows declares both television networks and studios put his life at threat for monetary gain by having him race on a risky stretch of roadway … and now they’re taking legal action against over his fatal crash.

According to brand-new legal docs, acquired by TMZ, the Fellows family is pursuing Warner Bros. Discovery and Lions Gate Entertainment … implicating the media corporations of carelessness they firmly insist resulted in Ryan’s death.

In the docs, the family states the location where ‘Street Outlaws’ shot drag racing scenes was a dirty, weather-beaten, rough asphalt 55-mile per hour street in the Las Vegas desert, which didn’t satisfy any of the market security requirements for drag racing.

TMZ broke the story … Ryan passed away back in August in an intense crash throughout recording for his popular Discovery program. We were informed Ryan was racing another motorist when he lost control of his automobile near the goal, with the lorry rolling prior to igniting.

In the docs, Ryan’s family states the street where he crashed was just 12 feet large rather of the market requirement of 30 feet. They likewise state the sides of the roadway included damaged asphalt and gravel shoulders with large drop-offs, rather of the market basic concrete barriers.

Ryan’s family declares there were various crashes throughout recording, consisting of cars and trucks turning, rolling and igniting … and they rip the media giants for recording dangerous accidents and airing them on television for revenue.

The family declares the rough asphalt triggered racecars to lose traction, the narrow lanes left motorists no space for corrections and the gravel shoulders and drop-offs sent out racecars into out-of-control slides that just ended when the cars went into the sand, turned and rolled.

The Fellows state Warner Bros. Discovery understood it was exceptionally unsafe to hold races on the street … and they declare it was an “extreme departure from what a reasonable careful person would do in the same situation to prevent harm to others.”

It worsens … Ryan’s family states Warner Bros. Discovery had several chances to move recording to a more secure place after “numerous horrific crashes,” however they state the network rather “sat back, flipped on the lights and cameras, and waited for the next inevitable crash.”

That crash took place August 7, when Ryan’s family declares his racecar lost traction on the street, moved off the roadway and turned into a roll. The Fellows state Ryan’s automobile rolled several times prior to pertaining to a rest upside down and igniting, and they declare he hung upside down in the motorist’s seat on fire for more than thirty minutes prior to fire teams eliminated him from the automobile. By that time, the family states Ryan was badly burned and dead.

The Fellows state after Ryan’s death Warner Bros. Discovery moved the program to a devoted 75-foot-wide drag strip at an expert California raceway … and the family states the modification “proves the availability and feasibility of a safer alternative to the unsafe desert roadway.”

Ryan’s family is now taking legal action against the media business and they desire punitive and offsetting damages due to the fact that they state his death is triggering suffering and loss of love and friendship.