{"id":1794833,"date":"2023-01-04T10:35:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T15:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794833"},"modified":"2023-01-04T10:35:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T15:35:33","slug":"pro-rally-driver-ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-accident-at-age-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-rally-driver-ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-accident-at-age-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Block, Pro Rally Driver, Dies in Snowmobile Accident at 55"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-rally-driver-ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-accident-at-age-55%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794833&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"subheading\">Pro Rally racing legend Ken Block passed away Monday from injuries sustained in a Utah snowmobile accident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">According to the Wasatch County Sheriff\u2019s Office, calls about the accident came through their emergency lines at 2 P.M. local time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe driver, Kenneth Block, [a] 55-year-old male out of Park City, Utah, was riding a snowmobile on a steep slope when the snowmobile upended, landing on top of him. He was pronounced deceased at the scene from injuries sustained in the accident,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office\u00a0<a class=\"uOtk efBMc LIsPj wIScF\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wasatchcountysheriffsoffice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0In a statement<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cMr. Block was riding with a group but was alone when the accident occurred,\u201d The statement was made.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/id\/907801360\/photo\/ken-block-from-the-gymkhana-files-attends-the-imdb-studio-and-the-imdb-show-on-location-at-the.jpg?s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;k=20&#038;c=fvfEJxpnIyBcMKghh3zl24t_2m3s6qUZSldMXcujgds=\" alt=\"Ken Block from &#039;The Gymkhana Files&#039; attends The IMDb Studio and The IMDb Show on Location at The Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2018 in Park...\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Ken Block \u2018The Gymkhana Files\u2019 Attends The IMDb Studio, and The IMDb Show On Location at The Sundance Film Festival in Park City on January 20, 2018, Utah. (Tommaso Boddi\/Getty Images IMDb<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Block was a pioneer of the skateboarding and snowboarding industry. He founded DC Shoes, a well-known brand, in 1994. It was sold to Quiksilver, for $87 Million, in 2004.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/id\/478202536\/photo\/ken-block-celebrates-his-podium-finish-after-sundays-red-bull-global-rallycross-race-at.jpg?s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;k=20&#038;c=9canmeV3wnpSIwv-9IO_fJOEtZrcVZ3-OznHlqtEreY=\" alt=\"Ken Block celebrates his podium finish after Sunday&#039;s Red Bull Global Rallycross race at Daytona International Speedway, June 21, 2015 in Daytona...\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Ken Block celebrates his podium finish after Sunday\u2019s Red Bull Global Rallycross race at Daytona International Speedway, June 21, 2015, in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Brian Cleary\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ\">\u201cBlock has 1.92 million followers on YouTube and his Gymkhana videos \u2014 car-driving stunt videos \u2014 regularly have 50 million views,\u201d ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/pro-rally-driver-ken-block-dies-snowmobile-accident\/story?id=96098210\">reported<\/a>. \u201cHe was also regularly a competitor at ESPN\u2019s X Games when they sporadically included rally racing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ\">Block\u2019s company, Hoonigan, released a statement on his passing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ\">\u201cKen was a visionary, a pioneer and an icon. And most importantly, a father and husband. He will be incredibly missed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro Rally racing legend Ken Block passed away Monday from injuries sustained in a Utah snowmobile accident. According to the Wasatch County Sheriff\u2019s Office, calls about the accident came through their emergency lines at 2 P.M. local time. \u201cThe driver, Kenneth Block, [a] 55-year-old male out of Park City, Utah, was riding a snowmobile on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1794836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[8151,4728,5458,7475,6857,12953,10028,4433,3819,13216],"class_list":["post-1794833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-accident","tag-block","tag-bongino","tag-dies","tag-driver","tag-ken","tag-pro","tag-rally","tag-report","tag-snowmobile"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1794833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1794836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1794833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1794833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1794833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}