Actor Anton Yelchin, best known
for playing the young Russian starship navigator
Chekov in the rebooted series of Star Trek
movies, was killed when accidentally crushed by
his own car against a driveway wall, police said.
The Russian-born Yelchin, 27, died shortly after
1am after he apparently stepped out of his car in
the steep driveway of his Los Angeles home and
it rolled backwards, said Jenny Houser,
spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police
Department. “The car pinned him against a brick
wall and a security fence, and that trauma led to
his death,” Houser said.
Yelchin was due at a rehearsal, and when he did
not show up, friends went to his house and found
him dead, Houser said. No foul play was
suspected, but the accident was under
investigation, she said.
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A number of actors and others who worked with
Yelchin took to social media with tributes and
expressions of dismay. “Still in shock. Rest in
peace, Anton,” Justin Lin, who directed Yelchin
in his third Star Trek movie, wrote on Twitter.
“Your passion and enthusiasm will live on with
everyone who had the pleasure of knowing you.”
Yelchin was best known for assuming the role of
Pavel Chekov, the young navigator on the bridge
of the starship Enterprise, for the 2009 re-launch
of the film franchise and two sequels: 2013’s Star
Trek Into Darkness and the upcoming Star Trek
Beyond, set to open on July 22.
The Chekov character was originally played on
television in the 1960s Star Trek series, and in
the first seven big-screen adaptations of the
show, by Walter Koenig, who died in 1994.
“I loved Anton Yelchin so much,” wrote John
Cho, who played fellow Enterprise crew member
Sulu in the new films. “He was a true artist –
curious, beautiful and courageous. He was a
great pal and a great son. I’m in ruins.”
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