LOS ANGELES: Hudson Meek, an actor who appeared in “Baby Driver” and voiced Bada in the preschool series “Badanamu Stories,” has died after falling from a moving car. He is 16 years old.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Meek fell “into the street from a moving motor vehicle” in Vestavia Hills, Ala., on the night of December. On January 19, the Jefferson County coroner’s office said today Thursday in a statement to The Times.
Meek suffered blunt force injuries and was admitted to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, where he died of his injuries two days later.
The coroner’s office said the Vestavia Hills Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.
“Our hearts are broken as we share that Hudson Meek has gone home to be with Jesus tonight,” Meek’s family wrote in a statement on his Instagram page. “His 16 years on this earth were all too short, but he accomplished so much and significantly impacted everyone he met.”
Meek’s family described his death as a sudden and tragic loss. In his official obituary, the family noted that the teenager was an organ donor and that his family is comforted “knowing that he will continue to help others for many years to come.” His family did not mention the cause or manner of his death in his obituary.
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Meek played the younger version of Ansel Elgort’s Baby in the 2017 action drama Baby Driver. He also appeared in the CW drama “Legacies,” Hulu’s “Genius” and the crime drama “Found.” of NBC.
Several of his other projects are expected to come out in 2025, his family said.
Meek is survived by his parents, Derek Firth Meek and Lani Wells Meek, and brother, Tucker Firth Meek, his grandmother, several aunts, uncles and cousins.