Ken Block was promoting a new YouTube video featuring his teenage daughter just hours before he was involved in a fatal snowmobile accident.
The 55-year-old motorsport legend, who also co-founded DC Shoes, had been sharing videos offrom his ranch with an array of specially designed vehicles, on TikTok and other social media channels.
He had teased a new video on YouTube of his 16-year-old daughter Lia, who is signed to his motorsport team, Hoonigan Racing. Block was promoting Lia putting a vintageKen Block from 'The Gymkhana Files' attends The IMDb Studio and The IMDb Show on Location at The Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2018. Fans have reacted to Block's last post on Twitter before he died in a snowmobile accident near his Utah ranch on Monday.
In a tragic turn of events, Block's fans were shocked to learn the news of his death. The local sheriff's office said in a statement that the racing driver was riding a snowmobile up a steep slope in Wasatch County when the vehicle upended and landed on top of him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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