Actor Luke Wilson and pro golfer Bill Haas were involved in a fatal crash in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday night. While Wilson walked away from the crash, Haas was injured and Mark Gibello, the driver of the Ferrari that the golfer was traveling in, was killed.
According to police, the Ferrari was “traveling at a high-rated speed” when its driver lost control and hit multiple vehicles before smashing into a light pole.
The Toyota SUV Wilson was driving was struck by the Ferrari but the actor was not injured. In fact, as soon as the Ferrari came to a stop, he sprang into action to assist at the scene.
A witness present named Sean Heirigs told People (via EW) that he helped Wilson get an unidentified 50-year-old woman out of her SUV. Her leg was trapped in the twisted vehicle after it flipped during the collision.
“It was stuck between the steering wheel and the dashboard or something,” Heirigs said. “At this time, Luke Wilson had jumped out and come up to the woman’s window. She was crying for help, she obviously didn’t know what was going on, she was very distraught.”
The two worked together to find a way to get her out of the vehicle, as both were worried the Ferrari’s smoking tires could catch fire.
“At one point, [Wilson] was like, ‘Let’s get her out of here, it smells like smoke,’” Heirigs continued. “You don’t know if it’s going to blow up or not. So, I reached in through a window to calm her down. Luke went around the back, to the trunk of the car. We pried it open, she was able to unbuckle herself, and Luke started to pull her out from the back. We then both carried her to the curb.”
Heirigs says the actor “was definitely taking control” of the situation. “He was calm. He was definitely a hero, [a] super nice guy,” he concluded. “When it was all done, we hugged each other.”
