Newly unearthed footage captured on an Los Angeles restaurant’s surveillance camera allegedly shows the final moments before journalist Michael Hastings’ vehicle burst into flames on impact.Hastings was killed after his Mercedes Benz smashed into a tree on Highland Avenue on June 19. His vehicle was traveling at extremely high speeds before the vehicle hit the tree and was immediately engulfed in flames.The video was reportedly captured by one of the surveillance cameras at Pizzeria Mozza, a well-known pizza restaurant located just a few hundred feet from the site of the crash. The owner of the restaurant, Nancy Silverton, gave the footage to police the day after the accident...Michael Hastings died in a single-vehicle automobile crash in his en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_C-Class#C-Class_Coup.C3. at approximately 4:25 a.m. in the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hancock_Park,_Los_Angeles neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 18, 2013.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite_note-39A witness to the crash said that he seemed to be driving at the car's maximum speed before the car fishtailed and crashed into a palm tree.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite_note-40 Witnesses described the car's engine being ejected 50 to 60 yards from the scene.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite_note-41One eyewitness said Hasting's car exploded prior to crashing, and some press reports have described the crash as suspicious; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department has said there are no signs of foul play.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite_note-latimes-46Earlier the previous day, Hastings indicated that he believed he was being investigated by the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI . In an email to colleagues, which was copied to and released by Hastings' friend, Army en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_sergeant#United_States Joe Biggs, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite Hastings said that he was "onto a big story", that he needed to "go off the radar", and that the FBI might interview them.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite_note-48http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite_note-49 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks announced that Hastings had also contacted en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Robinson_%28lawyer%29 , one of its lawyers a few hours prior to the crash, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite and the LA Times reported that he was preparing new reports on the CIA at the time of his demise.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite_note-51 The FBI released a statement denying that Hastings was being investigated.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite_note-latimes-46According to Biggs, Hastings' remains were cremated and returned to Vermont. Biggs stated that his family did not want Hastings to be cremated. Los Angeles medical examiner and police authorities indicated that it took two days to identify Hastings because he had been burnedbeyond recognition, and that the cause of death was undetermined, pending the results of an autopsy and toxicology tests.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite_note-52Former U.S. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Clarke said that what is known about the crash is "consistent with a car cyber attack." He was quoted as saying "There is reason to believe that intelligence agencies for major powers -- including the United States -- know how to remotely seize control of a car. So if there were a cyber attack on the car -- and I'm not saying there was, I think whoever did it would probably get away with it." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite However, several car experts, including en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Trend technical director Frank Markus, find no reason to suspect foul play in the crash.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite_note-58 Hastings' brother said he does not believe Michael was assassinated, saying, "I don't believe it's a conspiracy. There's no part of me that's troubled by that." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29#cite However, Hastings' wife en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elise_Jordan promised to "take down whoever did this.