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

The household of the late “Street Outlaws: Fastest in America” star Ryan Fellows claims each TV networks and studios put his life in danger for monetary achieve by having him race on an unsafe stretch of street … and now they’re suing over his deadly crash.

According to new authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, the Fellows household goes after Warner Bros. Discovery and Lions Gate Entertainment … accusing the media firms of negligence they insist led to Ryan’s dying.

In the docs, the household says the realm the place ‘Street Outlaws’ filmed drag racing scenes was a dusty, weather-beaten, tough asphalt 55-mile per hour roadway within the Las Vegas desert, which did not meet any of the business security requirements for drag racing.

TMZ broke the story … Ryan died again in August in a fiery crash throughout filming for his in style Discovery present. We had been informed Ryan was racing one other driver when he misplaced management of his automotive close to the end line, with the car rolling earlier than catching hearth.

In the docs, Ryan’s household says the roadway the place he crashed was solely 12 ft vast as a substitute of the business commonplace of 30 ft. They additionally say the edges of the street featured damaged asphalt and gravel shoulders with sheer drop-offs, as a substitute of the business commonplace concrete obstacles.

Ryan’s household claims there have been quite a few crashes throughout filming, together with automobiles flipping, rolling and catching hearth … they usually rip the media giants for filming life-threatening collisions and airing them on TV for revenue.

The household claims the tough asphalt induced racecars to lose traction, the slender lanes left drivers no room for corrections and the gravel shoulders and drop-offs despatched racecars into out-of-control slides that solely ended when the automobiles dug into the sand, flipped and rolled.

The Fellows say Warner Bros. Discovery knew it was extraordinarily harmful to carry races on the roadway … they usually declare it was an “extreme departure from what a reasonable careful person would do in the same situation to prevent harm to others.”

It will get worse … Ryan’s household says Warner Bros. Discovery had a number of alternatives to maneuver filming to a safer location after “numerous horrific crashes,” however they are saying the community as a substitute “sat back, flipped on the lights and cameras, and waited for the next inevitable crash.”

That crash occurred August 7, when Ryan’s household claims his racecar misplaced traction on the roadway, slid off the street and flipped right into a roll. The Fellows say Ryan’s automotive rolled a number of occasions earlier than coming to a relaxation the other way up and catching hearth, they usually declare he hung the other way up within the driver’s seat on hearth for greater than half-hour earlier than hearth crews eliminated him from the automotive. By that point, the household says Ryan was horribly burned and lifeless.

The Fellows say after Ryan’s dying Warner Bros. Discovery moved the present to a devoted 75-foot-wide drag strip at knowledgeable California raceway … and the household says the change “proves the availability and feasibility of a safer alternative to the unsafe desert roadway.”

Ryan’s household is now suing the media firms they usually need punitive and compensatory damages as a result of they are saying his dying is inflicting struggling and lack of love and companionship.