When you're high on crack . . . everything makes sense.

It would have rolled instantly. He wouldn't have been able to get out of the car. He was probably murdered by jewllywood. They are deep into the satanic stuff.

I really don't know how this happened. Just a freak accident, I guess.

Not really. I stopped my Jeep Wrangler, put it in neutral (it is a manual transmission) for our street is flat (at least I thought so). I got out to check something across the drive and the next thing I heard was a bump. It had run into our mailbox and we have a steel post. Damaged the front bumper where, if you have seen the Jeeps, has two plastic bumps in front. It hit right on the driver side one. I was so stupid and passed. But I found one on Amazon for only $100 and my husband, complaining to me for it is not as an easy task as you would thing, changed it out. I never heard the dang thing until it hit.

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He was probably doing what most people would do when checking the mail. Standing there sifting through it to see what is useful and what is junk. Everyone checks what they got standing right by the mailbox. And as far as the neutral thing apparently it was a huge issue with that car. A lot of people didn't realize it was not in neutral. That is why it was being recalled.

Thank you! I was about to type pretty much the same thing when I came across your comment. I also love that people immediately point to drugs or alcohol too. Why can't this just be a freak accident and nothing more?

The Jeep he had had a known problem, the gear shift, when put into Park, would sometimes actually be in Neutral instead, or so I read.
Also, a vehicle doesn't necessarily start rolling in an instant if it is on a slight slope, and hardly makes any noise, so if he had his back to it, it could've conceivably hit him without Yelchin noticing it at all.
For people who have commented that maybe it was suicide, I hope they weren't serious, as that's ridiculous.
I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away.

You don't notice by not looking in that direction. If you are looking down you are not going to see a car rolling towards you.

He wouldn't put the car in neutral, on a slant or otherwise, that's for sure.

Exactly.

How not notice the car rolling.
How not to notice the car is rolling back? Well depends on how high his level of dope, alcohol or prescription drugs, or a combination of said stuff, was.

I'm guessing he stopped his car to check the mail, got out and went to the mailbox and didn't notice the car rolling towards him until it pinned him up against the mailbox. Way too many people looking for sinister reasons that this occurred. Just a simple mistake that Anton made and it cost him his life. That's too bad because I liked him. Always hoped he would do some more Odd Thomas movies.

Maybe he got out to check a problem with the jeep on the back end i.e tires exhaust. Car started to roll he seen this had to run for the gate to try jump over it as from what i seen the drive way is small enough and the jeep sounded pretty massive so only wada0y was over the Gate ran to the gate was to slow and the jeep crushed him.

sometimes its too fast to react
nankrom
There's easier ways to go, even using a car
so you want your last moments to be suffocating and not being able to breath
hey_o
When learning to drive, I was taught that when you park your car on any steep slope, turn the front wheels slightly to the side before turning off your vehicle or selecting parking brakes. So if the vehicles starts rolling by itself, it will instantly turn to one of the sides.
good suggestion too bad its not taught in drivers ed
Look like Tarzan talk like Jane! HAHA

I've heard it was in neutral.

Why I don't trust automatic cars. Manual cars stall out if left in gear so it's a second alert to put your hand brake on. Such a bloody shame, he was really talented and really easy to watch.

I seriously hope you are not insinuating any foul play. You would have to be paranoid schizophrenic or have an incredibly low IQ to think that. It doesn't take much to think about how ridiculously unlikely that would be. Not to mention next to impossible. There are about 1,000 easier ways to off someone. This would be something straight out of a Hitman video game.

Sounds fishy to me
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It's most likely a tragic accident. If you leave a vehicle on a steep incline there's a small chance it can roll backwards so you have to be ultra careful to make sure the handbrake/parking brake is on.
I parked my former car and forgot to put the handbrake on. It rolled down the street and hit a lamp post. Thankfully it didn't hit an incoming car!
The strange thing is the road was fairly flat but the car still rolled back. I know from bitter experience what happens if you leave a car roll back. It's just tragic this guy was in the path of his vehicle.

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Any chance it may have been suicide?
LOL you sadists

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people slip up. there are only so many hours in the damn day so you are in a rush, you live in a crowded city with far too many people you have to get your damn mail and probably get to your next damn appointment because you are an in-demand actor who may not be one day so you can't screw that up so you cut corners where you shouldn't and you end up paying the price. life is far too hard. for everybody.
Larry Gaylord: "a billion people come in on a day off, and they don't flip out!"