At the age of 55, American rally driver and social media star Ken Block died as a result of an accident on an ice cart in Utah, his sports team announced.

"It is with great regret that we can confirm the death of Ken Block in a snowmobile accident,"the racing Department of the honigan team said on its website.

The local mayor's office wrote on its Facebook page: "Ken Block was riding an ice cart on a steep hill when it overturned and fell on him. He was pronounced dead at the scene".

Block's colleague in the Nitro Rallycross series Steve Arpin praised the qualities of the late ESPN, saying, "Ken was a legend in his ability to take a vision and make it a reality. He created an industry".

Blok, one of the founders of the shoe brand "DC Shoes" in 1994, began his rally career 10 years after the sale of his company, without being able to impose himself among the most prominent global names.

He became famous for publishing a series of videos on the "YouTube" platform during which he parades behind the wheel of rally cars and makes exciting and dangerous movements on tracks and tracks equipped with barriers.

His videos were watched more than a billion times and his channel "YouTube honigan" became the most famous in the history of motorsport.