# Anton Yelchin dead at 27 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794 "2016-06-19T18:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/1 "2016-06-19T18:25:00Z")
The actor who played Chekov in the latest three Star Trek movies has died in a car crash according to Yahoo Movies. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/2 "2016-06-19T18:31:09Z")
That is horrible news! My sympathies to his friends and family. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/3 "2016-06-19T18:37:14Z")
Loved **Odd Thomas** and thought it deserved sequels. Very tragic. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/4 "2016-06-19T18:40:09Z")
Pinned between his (idling in neutral) car and a brick pillar. What a terrible thing. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/5 "2016-06-19T18:46:28Z")
Another member of the 27 Club. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/6 "2016-06-19T18:47:14Z")
Whatever the other merits or demerits of the reboot films, his Mr Chekov was a proper treat, genuinely irrepressible and funny. RIP son, what a daft and tragic way to go. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/7 "2016-06-19T18:53:00Z")
Oh damn. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/8 "2016-06-19T19:34:23Z")
I do not understand this accident. Cars can be pushed off/away from you when in neutral. I can’t believe this wasn’t a crash. Please post any details or explanation if anyone hash them. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/9 "2016-06-19T19:36:35Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Whatever the other merits or demerits of the reboot films, his Mr Chekov was a proper treat, genuinely irrepressible and funny. RIP son, what a daft and tragic way to go. I loved _Into Darkness_, when, after Scotty quits, Kirk put Chekov in charge of the engineering department. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/10 "2016-06-19T19:36:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I do not understand this accident. Cars can be pushed off/away from you when in neutral. I can’t believe this wasn’t a crash. > > Please post any details or explanation if anyone hash them. If it was idling in neutral, it could only roll down a slope. Bit harder to push it off. Especially if you’re being crushed. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/11 "2016-06-19T19:55:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If it was idling in neutral, it could only roll down a slope. Bit harder to push it off. Especially if you’re being crushed. I guess that is what happened. Pinned to a brick mailbox, on an incline. Must have been a large vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/12 "2016-06-19T20:03:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I guess that is what happened. Pinned to a brick mailbox, on an incline. > > Must have been a large vehicle. Even a Smart Car is 1500-1800 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/13 "2016-06-19T20:10:07Z")
What I don’t get is the press reports say he was found at 1am after failing to show up for a rehearsal. Who schedules rehearsals for that late at night? Also, I wonder what Paramount is going to do in future Star Trek films. Will they write out his character or recast it? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/14 "2016-06-19T20:23:30Z")
Jesus. He was a real actor, he had a future. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/15 "2016-06-19T20:27:41Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What I don’t get is the press reports say he was found at 1am after failing to show up for a rehearsal. Who schedules rehearsals for that late at night? He was late to rehearsal by several hours. I’m sure they didn’t immediately think to physically go over and look for him. They probably tried texting/calling and so forth and only went when they realized no one had heard from him or seen him. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/16 "2016-06-19T20:29:44Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What I don’t get is the press reports say he was found at 1am after failing to show up for a rehearsal. Who schedules rehearsals for that late at night? > > Also, I wonder what Paramount is going to do in future Star Trek films. Will they write out his character or recast it? TMZ says the rehearsal was scheduled for several hours earlier and his friends went to his house afterwards because he never showed up. The driveway was apparently on a fairly steep incline. If the car was a stick shift, maybe he didn’t pull the parking brake quite firmly enough to hold it and it rolled into him? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/17 "2016-06-19T20:32:26Z")
RIP, very sad. Great young actor. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/18 "2016-06-19T20:32:30Z")
Always set your emergency brake when on any sort of slope, and angle the wheels. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/19 "2016-06-19T21:44:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I guess that is what happened. Pinned to a brick mailbox, on an incline. > > Must have been a large vehicle. I just read that his house was in Studio City. Very likely he was living south of Ventura Blvd. in the Santa Monica Mountains, 'cause that’s the more desirable real estate in that area. Those mountains are pretty steep. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794/20 "2016-06-19T22:00:43Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I do not understand this accident. Cars can be pushed off/away from you when in neutral. I can’t believe this wasn’t a crash. > > Please post any details or explanation if anyone hash them. My mail lady died in a pretty similar fashion a few years ago. Story has it that she’d hit an animal with her SUV and was so flustered that she jumped out without setting the parking brake. The incline wasn’t overly large but SUV still eventually rolled backwards while she examined the animal and killed her. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anton-yelchin-dead-at-27/757794.md?page=2)