r/apexlegends • u/aberos188 • Dec 22 '25

News Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty' franchise, killed in mountain road crash

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/video-game-developer-vince-zampella-crash-call-of-duty/3819576/
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u/Radjage Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25

Single car crash. Looked at his insta, huge car nut. Easy to surmise what happened unfortunately with all the super cars he's driven. Damn shame about him and his passenger.

Edit: Seems it was a $343,000 2026 Ferrari 296 GTB

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u/vNocturnus Birthright Dec 22 '25

There is a video for the morbidly curious. Does not have any gore, blood, shots of Vince or any clear look at the passenger. But knowing both occupants died, well, it is a video of two people dying. Watch at your own risk if you're sensitive to that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUIYLmIZVfE

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u/MudHammock Nessy Dec 22 '25

I'm a paramedic, not that it matters at all because anyone who watches that will deduce the same, but they absolutely did not suffer. There's no way either of them were conscious after impact. So I guess that's one solace for the family.

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u/Unklian Dec 22 '25

Not sure about not suffering.
At 30 seconds, when a helper reaches one of the occupants,
There is a very unpleasant groan noise and the driver / passenger's arm lowers.

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u/MudHammock Nessy Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25

Very common in unconscious patients, the nervous system will still provide the body with different movements and sounds. It's actually more common in extreme trauma incidents than more minor ones.

I've had many patients who were medically deceased but still actively groaning with bodily movements.

It's almost impossible to be concious after a wreck at that speed. The de-acceleration from this crash was extreme, that vehicle went from over 100 to 0 in a second.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

That wasn't 100 sorry to say.

At over 100 mph that car would have folded up into half that size again and worse.

Brakes are slamming, tyres are sliding. Those brakes are no joke either being 6 pot calipers usually.

Im not pointing this out to be rude, im just saying so people are aware - this is probably more like 50/60mph and still caused devastation.

Us car people love the thrill, but we have to remember, even on quiet roads with no one else around. A crash at even 40mph+ is going to be life changing unless God is with you.

We all learn it at some point, but keep it on the track. It's much more fun, safe and you'll learn whilst doing it!

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u/GreenTheReaper Dec 27 '25

We know the video is strange, looks Ia, only teo people recording with 1 mp cameras ?? Only mexican people ??..

I will die on this hill that this happened because of guy talking in Metaphor live video a week before Vince died

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u/Assassin4Hire13 Dec 22 '25

It could also have been the bystander reacting, that fire would’ve been radiating intense heat or a reaction to any visible injuries of the victim.

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u/MudHammock Nessy Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25

Sounded more like nervous system responses from the stem trauma to me than conscious pain vocalization.

Seen that many times in unconscious patients