YouTube star Andre Beadle has died after flipping his BMW X5 in a car crash on Nov. 6, the UK Daily Mail reported. The 25-year-old Bronx native was driving "at a high rate of speed" at the time of the accident in an apparent street race.
The accident occurred on a section of highway in Queens near JFK Airport. Beadle was careening down the road when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into an Acura.
Beadle was ejected from the purple BMW during the crash and landed on the ground, sustaining serious injuries. Despite emergency medical personnel responding quickly, Beadle was later pronounced dead at a hospital. A 21-year-old riding with Beadle was not injured, nor was the driver of the Acura.
Investigators are still trying to piece together what led to the crash. However, Beadle was known for sharing videos of his street racing meetups that often took place on roads just like the one where he would lose his life.
Beadle had thousands of subscribers on his 1Stockf30 YouTube channel. He also posted videos of his street races with his luxury vehicles on other platforms, such as TikTok and Instagram, where he had some 251,000 followers.
Just hours before his death, Beadle uploaded a video to YouTube that showed him working on the BMW before heading out on the same road where he would meet his demise. "We outside prepping late at night. We getting ready," Beadle can be heard saying.
According to CBS, his brother Alico Beadle claimed Andre Beadle mainly raced on designated tracks. "He crash on a track a couple months ago, and then it was a pretty bad accident, too," Alico Beadle said.
"But the barriers and all that, he had a helmet and all that, saved him. But this one, just, I don't know," Alico Beadle added.
Family, friends, and fans remembered Andre Beadle at a memorial service on Nov. 8 at Haffen Park, located in the Bronx and not far from where the deceased man had lived. His mother, Everith McCray, spoke of her son's fondness for all things automotive.
"He loved cars. He talked about cars every day. That's what he do: Cars, cars, cars," McCray said.
A massive crowd turned out for the remembrance, which included a balloon release in Andre Beadle's honor. McCray was touched to see so many people there for her son's final farewell.
“Everybody loved him. Look at this gathering. He was a kind and loving son. He was always smiling. It’s devastating, just devastating," his mother said.
The young man was a star because of his adventurous spirit and love of fast cars. Sadly, it was the sport that defined him that ultimately took his life.
