Speed racer star Christian Oliver and his two young daughters killed in plane crash in Caribbean

Speed Racer actor Christian Oliver and his two young daughters have died in a tragic plane crash in the Caribbean.

The 51-year-old Hollywood star was confirmed to have been killed in the accident, along side his children Annik, 12, and Madita, 10. Pilot Robert Sachs was also killed.

They were being flown from the island of Bequia to nearby St Lucia when their single-engine plane “experienced difficulties and plummeted into the ocean”, the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police said.

Local fishermen and recreational swimmers who were in the area helped in the rescue.

St Vincent-based news outlet Searchlight reports that Sachs radioed the tower shortly after takeoff to tell them he was experiencing trouble and was turning back. That was the last communication.

The bodies were transported to St Vincent and taken to the Kingstown Mortuary where post-mortem examinations will be done to determine the causes of death.

Oliver will appear in the upcoming movie Forever Hold Your Peace, which he also produced, and just filmed his last scenes on December 20.

The director of his latest movie, Nick Lyon, paid tribute to Oliver, posting a picture on their last day of filming saying: ‘We talked about producing a film together for years and finally did it! Thank you for being a great colleague, actor and friend.’

While his co-star Bai Ling was among the first to mourn Oliver on social media, saying that she wrote the post “with tears in her eyes”.

“It was our first and last film together, I loved working with him so much,” she wrote.

“He was so nice, works so hard and such a brave actor and a beautiful gentle person, we played lovers in this film, just so so so sad.”

During his career, Oliver appeared in major movies such as Speed Racer and Valkyrie and recently had a part in the latest installment of the Indiana Jones franchise.

Among his first roles in the US was a long-standing stint on Saved by the Bell: The New Class in 1995. He also appeared as a character in the hit video game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond.