A Hooters calendar girl from Florida has been identified as the second victim of a fatal McLaren crash in Orange County, California, that also killed car influencer James Wehr.
Alexis “Lexi” Kramer and Wehr, 27, died in the supercar after it ran into a tree and split in half around 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, September 13. Lexi’s sister, Gracie Kramer, confirmed to the California Post that the model, 22, was the second fatality.
Gracie said that Lexi had traveled to California from Lakeland, Florida, to meet Wehr on Friday, September 11. Wehr was said to be in the process of separating from his wife, Emma Wehr, at the time he met with Lexi.
James and Lexi reportedly had their first date over the weekend and spent the whole weekend getting to know each other over breakfast and drinks. Gracie also said that Lexi attended Wehr’s world-famous car show before the fatal crash.
Lexi and James met over Instagram and talked for about one month before they met in person, according to Gracie.
Gracie claimed James told Lexi his marriage to Emma was over and that they would soon be divorced. However, she told the outlet she had doubts that James was completely truthful about the status of his marriage.
“[He] talked to her every day all the time and finally got her to fly out to California to come see him,” Gracie said, adding that Lexi had a passion for “American muscle cars and motorcycles.”
Gracie said that her sister “loved the car community, so it’s such a tragedy that that’s what ended her.”
“As you can imagine, this was very shocking and hard. She was kind and funny and charismatic, and I’ve had so many people reach out and share their wonderful experiences with Lexi,” Gracie continued. “That man lied to my sister and said his divorce was finalizing and he was fully separated. [He] talked to her every day all the time and finally got her to fly out to California to come see him.”
As Us previously reported, the Irvine Police Department confirmed in a press release that it had “received calls of a traffic collision involving a vehicle on fire at Culver Drive and Deerfield Avenue [early Sunday]. IPD and the Orange County Fire Authority responded to the scene. After OCFA extinguished the fire, two people were found dead inside the vehicle.”
Police said that the accident occurred when the driver of a 2019 McLaren “lost control of their vehicle” while traveling “northbound at a high speed.” The vehicle “struck a curb and a tree” before it “split in two and caught fire.”
James was best known for cofounding South OC Cars and Coffee with his father, Simon Wehr, which is described as the “largest weekly car show in the world.” James had a large social media following with over 44,000 followers on Instagram at the time of his death.
“Unfortunately, we have some really heavy news to share with you all. This morning, just after midnight, we lost our darling son and brother James in a motor accident,” James’ parents, Simon and Sarah Wehr, said in a South OC Cars and Coffee Instagram post.
“We respectfully ask for privacy as a family as we process this profound loss,” the statement continued. “We would appreciate all of your good thoughts and prayers, and for those of you who knew James, thank you for being his friends, his mentors and his peers. Thank you for being his clients and his loved ones. We are grateful for all of you.”
