A man was killed Wednesday at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. while unloading his 1979 BMW art car customized by Andy Warhol. local ABC member WJLA The report said an unidentified man was nailed under the vehicle when the winch secured it to a flatbed truck. Despite his efforts to save him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The sports car is scheduled for a pop-up exhibition called “Capital Auto” and is scheduled for a temporary gazebo at the National Mall between the USDA building and the Smithsonian National Museum of History from September 17 to 23.
Hagerty Drivers Foundation, a nonprofit branch of automatic insurance giant Hagerty and organizer of the exhibition, canceled the exhibition due to tragedy.
“On Wednesday afternoon, a tragic accident occurred in Washington, D.C., where the truck driver died while unloading the car,” a spokesman for the foundation told the online newspaper Jalopnik. “We express our sincere and sincere condolences to our individual family. We will not comment further for the sake of respect for the deceased and cancel the event planned for September 18-23.”
Warhol painted the car that smashed the man was part of the 1979 BMW Art Auto Project. It competed in the 24-hour race in France in the same year and was recently added to the U.S. National Historic Vehicle Register. Drawing in bold tones of red, blue, yellow and green, it is the fourth BMW customized by Warhol, which also features artists Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein and Alexander Calder.
A BMW spokesman said: “We express our sincere and sincere condolences to our individual family. We will not comment further at this time out of respect for the deceased.” Jalopnik.
