‘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 acquire by having him race on an unsafe stretch of highway … 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 demise.

In the docs, the household says the world 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 trade 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 advised 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 fireplace.

In the docs, Ryan’s household says the roadway the place he crashed was solely 12 toes large as an alternative of the trade commonplace of 30 toes. They additionally say the perimeters of the highway featured damaged asphalt and gravel shoulders with sheer drop-offs, as an alternative of the trade commonplace concrete limitations.

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

The household claims the tough asphalt precipitated racecars to lose traction, the slim 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 autos 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 “excessive departure from what an inexpensive cautious particular person would do in the identical state of affairs to forestall hurt 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 “quite a few horrific crashes,” however they are saying the community as an alternative “sat again, flipped on the lights and cameras, and waited for the subsequent inevitable crash.”

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

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

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