Call of Duty Creator Dies in Ferrari Crash

[Wiley Marmot]

Vince Zmpanella, co creator of the Call of Duty and Apex Legends game franchise died in a fiery crash in his 2026 Ferrari 296 GTS (819 HP hybrid) Sunday PM (12/21/25).

" Video emerged online showing a red Ferrari shooting out of a tunnel along the highway at a high speed, slamming into a concrete barrier where the road curved and erupting into flames."



Guess it isn't just squirrels in Mustangs at Cars and Coffee.

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[POHLHAMMER]

Sad to watch. R.I.P.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

The passenger got ejected. Zampanella was still in the car and burned. the passenger died later, too.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

Ouch. I rewatched and just noticed they hit, at an angle almost sideways, on the passenger side, the end of that concrete wall where it juts out.

No wonder the passenger was outside the vehicle on the pavement.

 

[Neggytive]

Darwin Award winner

 

[Junkyard Dog]

Darwin Award winner

Nope. He already reproduced.

 

[smurfslayer]

Nope. He already reproduced.

Fair point. Regardless, he was stupidly and fatally unskilled.

 

[AZ_Ryan]

Horrible crash.

 

[LouG]

You can't buy skill, or common sense. That's a hard way to learn.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

Not a good design or safety engineering to have the end of the wall sticking straight out like that instead of angled into the cliff face or ramped down, in case of collision.

 

[LouG]

Not a good design or safety engineering to have the end of the wall sticking straight out like that instead of angled into the cliff face or ramped down, in case of collision.

It's on the same principle as having a 6" steel spike sticking out of the centre of your steering wheel.

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