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YouTuber Andre Beadle lost his life in a car accident in New York.
In a statement, the NYPD informed PEOPLE that on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at around 1:12 a.m., police were called to a car accident on the Nassau Expressway in Queens that involved 25-year-old Beadle.
Beadle was “traveling eastbound” on the highway in the left lane “at a high rate of speed” prior to “losing control” of his 2023 BMW car, according to the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad, which arrived on the scene. According to the NYPD, he then “veered to the right,” went “off the right side of the roadway into the right shoulder,” and collided with “a metal pole.”
According to the police statement, “this caused the vehicle to veer back across the eastbound lanes to the left shoulder, ejecting the operator from the vehicle.”
After EMS arrived on the scene, the YouTuber was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was declared deceased.
According to the NYPD, the incident is currently being looked into by the Collision Investigation Squad of its Highway District.
Before he passed away, Beadle, who had more than 59k YouTube subscribers, uploaded a video of his BMW being serviced at a shop and then showed it off to some of his pals. In the last image, he was seen operating the car near the scene of the collision at night.
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In the weeks preceding the incident, the 25-year-old also posted multiple pictures of himself posing with the car on Instagram. He even posted videos to YouTube and Instagram of himself driving the vehicle on the highway, demonstrating its top speed of between 60 and 130 miles per hour in around three seconds and between 100 and 150 miles per hour in an additional three seconds.
His family posted on social media shortly after the news of his passing surfaced, announcing that a funeral would be held for him on Friday, November 8, in Haffen Park, which is where he was born and raised in the Bronx, New York.
His relatives said in the tweet that he was “fueled by the thrill” and “driven by passion.” “May you find the ultimate track among the stars,” they continued.
With remarks like “rest easy” and “RIP king,” a number of his followers expressed their sorrow over the celebrity in the post. “You are my idol brother; without you, I wouldn’t be who I am in racing,” one individual commented.
“I’m praying for your family,” someone else posted. What they’re going through at the moment is unknown to God. I appreciate you making a lasting impression on the NYC scene.
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