On a mountain road closed for a commercial shoot in northern Italy, Austrian model and reality television personality Mano Machinek, 37, lost control of a classic Porsche on a bend and was killed when the car rolled down a steep slope and struck a tree. He was known to audiences through the Austrian reality show Forsthaus Rampensau and was, by all accounts, a man who found genuine meaning behind the wheel. There is a particular sorrow in the way life sometimes takes us at the very point of our deepest joy — and those who loved him are now left to hold that paradox.
Reality TV Star Mano Machinek Dies in Porsche Crash During Italian Advert Shoot
Mano Machinek, 37, died in the crash despite emergency responders' attempts to perform CPR after freeing him from the wreckage.