‘Baby Driver’ actor Hudson Meek dies at 16

LOS ANGELES: Hudson Meek, an actor who appeared in “Baby Driver” and voiced Bada in the preschool-age series “Badanamu Stories,” has died after falling from a moving car. He was 16.

According to the Los Angeles Times newspaper, Meek fell “to the roadway from a motor vehicle in motion” in Vestavia Hills, Ala., on the night of December. 19, the Jefferson County coroner’s office said Thursday in a statement to The Times.

Meek sustained blunt force injuries and was admitted to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, where he died from his injuries two days later.

The Vestavia Hills Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death, the coroner’s office said.

“Our hearts are broken to share that Hudson Meek went home to be with Jesus tonight,” Meek’s family wrote in a statement on his Instagram page. “His 16 years on this earth were far 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 teen was an organ donor and his family was comforted “by knowing that he will continue to help others for years to come.” His family did not mention his cause or manner of death in the obituary.

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Meek played a younger version of Ansel Elgort’s Baby in the 2017 action-drama “Baby Driver.” He also appeared in the CW’s “Legacies,” Hulu’s “Genius” and NBC’s crime drama “Found.”

Some of his other projects are slated for release in 2025, his family said.

Meek is survived by his parents, Derek Firth Meek and Lani Wells Meek, and older brother, Tucker Firth Meek, his grandmothers, several aunts, uncles and cousins.