OJ Simpson and OJ Simpson’s police chase in 1994 (Photos via Getty Images)

OJ Simpson passed away at the age of 76 this past Wednesday, having succumbed to a battle with cancer after previously going into remission.

Simpson rose to fame as a football star for USC before going on to find success in the NFL. However, he is best known for events that unfolded in the wake of the gruesome murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, in 1994.

One such event was the infamous police pursuit through California in which Simpson and a friend, Al Cowlings, led authorities on a low-speed chase through Los Angeles before surrendering at his house in Brentwood.

The former star running back sat in the back of a white Ford Bronco with a gun to his head while Cowlings drove. The vehicle is currently housed at the Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

In a strange coincidence, Ford recalled over 40,000 recent Bronco models on the same day OJ died.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety (H/T Reuters), the Bronco Sport and Escape models were recalled because of a cracked fuel injector that could possibly lead to a fire. Ford notes that the recall is mainly for vehicles manufactured in 2022 and 2023.

The company had pulled the white Bronco line in 1996 due to its connection to the murders and the backlash that followed, but they made a comeback in 2020.

The Bronco Involved In The OJ Simpson Chase Is Available For Viewing

As for the Bronco involved in the 1994 OJ Simpson chase, it remains available for viewing at said museum. It is among other infamous getaway cars, including John Dillinger’s 1933 Essex Terraplane, Bonnie and Clyde’s “death car” from the 1967 movie, and serial killer Ted Bundy’s Volkswagen Beetle.

Simpson’s former agent acquired it from Cowlings before it ended up in Alcatraz East after several negotiations and broken deals.

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