Hudson Meek, teenage actor, dies after falling from a moving vehicle

Hudson Meek, teenage actor, dies after falling from a moving vehicle

Hudson Meek, the teenage actor best known for the 2017 action film Baby driverHe died on December 21 after falling from a moving car in Alabama. He was 16.

Meek was injured on Thursday, December 19, in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills. He died two days later at UAB Hospital.

“It breaks our hearts to inform you that Hudson Meek has gone home to be with Jesus tonight,” a post on Meek’s Instagram account read.

Born on August 5, 2008, Hudson and his brother Tucker began acting at a young age. According to IMDb, he made his first on-screen appearance at the age of six in the 2014 TV movie The Santa Con. He amassed 17 credits, including film 90 minutes in heaven in 2015 and episodes of the MacGyver restart, genius And Found.

Lynne Marks, one of Meek’s representatives, shared a statement Thursday saying she was “proud to represent Hudson Meek.”

“I watched him grow into a young actor Baby driver to a handsome young man who proudly walks the red carpets of his upcoming projects. Hudson’s future as an actor was bright. He was part of the cast of a new film titled The school duel which won the Canal+ 50th Anniversary Prize at the Deauville Film Festival in France this year,” she said.

After his death, the Hudson J. Meek Memorial Scholarship was established, awarded annually to a Vestavia Hills High School student.

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