Dr. Frank Ryan plastic surgeon killed in car accident

Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by marklink in blog

8/16/10 at approximately 4:30pm

News reports from TMZ and Celebrity Smack report of prominent Beverly hills plastic surgeon Frank Ryan, MD was killed in a car accident. He was driving a 1995 Jeep Wrangler when he drove off the Pacific Coast Highway. The picture below shows a 1995 Jeep Wrangler

According to Celebrity Smack:

He had suffered major head trauma and was trapped inside the vehicle. The Ventura County Fire Department also attempted to helicopter him from the scene of the accident but the rescue was called off. Dr. Ryan was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

About 45 minutes prior to the reported accident Dr. Ryan posted a Tweet on Twitter:

After 25 years of driving by, I finally hiked to the top of the giant sand dune on the pch west of malibu. Much harder than it looks! Whew! 3:45 PM Aug 16th via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Then 20 minutes prior to the accident he posted the following:

http://twitpic.com/2fflev - Border collie jill surveying the view from atop the sand dune 5:10 PM Aug 16th via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Jill is in reference to his Border Collie, who was injured in the accident and rescued from the ocean and taken to a nearby animal hospital.

TMZ reports:

Among Ryan’s patients — Gene Simmons, Shauna Sand, Vince Neil and Adrianne Curry. Dr. Ryan appeared on numerous TV shows and even performed plastic surgery on the air. And Heidi Montag’s famous for extreme makeover.

We are sad for the loss of the Ryan family. We send our condolences.

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