On a July afternoon in northern Italy, a man known for his love of speed died doing what had come to define him publicly — driving a high-performance car along the edge of a lake. Mano Machinek, 37, an Austrian television personality and model, lost control of a rented Porsche 993 RS while filming a commercial near Lake Maggiore, and did not survive the crash. His death raises the quiet, enduring question of where passion ends and peril begins — and how little separates the two when the road curves unexpectedly.
Reality TV star Mano Machinek dies at 37 in Porsche crash while filming Italian commercial
Mano Machinek, 37, died from injuries sustained in the car crash despite emergency responders' CPR efforts.