On September 30, 1955, James Dean and his mechanic, Rolf Wütherich, were driving in Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder when they were involved in a head-on collision with a Ford pick-up at the intersections of Highway 41 and 46 outside of Shandon, CA. Wütherich survived the crash with a broken jaw, but Dean was pronounced DOA at the Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital at 5:59 pm. His last words were reportedly: "That guy's gotta stop... He'll see us."
In the 2001-2002 California Senate session, a Californian state senator initiated legislation that proclaimed the junction of Highways 41 and 46 as "James Dean Memorial Junction."
Apparently, the San Andreas fault is near this location as well.

