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What accident did James Dean have?
James Dean, unable to stop in time, slammed into the passenger's side of the Ford resulting in Dean's car bouncing across the pavement onto the side of the highway.
Was James Dean injured in the accident?
James Dean was pronounced dead on arrival shortly after he arrived by ambulance at the Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital at 6:20 p.m.
What happened after James Dean's death?
Though initially slow to reach newspapers in the Eastern United States, details of James Dean's death rapidly spread via radio and television.

Question: Were people upset?
Self-contained rewrite: Were people upset after details of Dean's death rapidly spread via radio and television?