Reckless drivers shut down a busy intersection in South Philadelphia for dangerous and illegal stunts in yet another road takeover that has hit the City of Brotherly Love.
Cell phone footage captured the moment a group of cars performed donuts in close proximity to spectators at 2:30 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Broad Street and Washington Avenue.
Pedestrians were seen running to avoid the oncoming vehicles, while others stood in the middle of the spinning cars, appearing to film the speeding action.
At one point, someone can even be seen hanging out in one of the cars as it does a high-speed donut at an intersection.
“And the scariest part of one of the videos I shot was a green car doing so many donuts that it lost control and almost went into Target,” Rhonda Walker told CBS News of the road takeover she filmed from her condo. “And the whole crowd was like, rejected.
The vehicle can be seen circling the crowd, while someone hangs out of the car window. CBS News
Walker said he was startled by screeching tires and looked out to see “hundreds of kids” blocking the intersection and clinging dangerously close to cars.
Walker added that officers at the scene were having trouble breaking up the crowd and trying to stop the cars that were driving around them.
Tire marks from Saturday’s incident were still visible the following day, and it was not the first time the intersection had been closed due to a road takeover.
The car’s screeching tires woke residents at 2.30am, who filmed the commotion. CBS News
The same busy road was closed in April, Walker told CBS, with similar incidents reported around the city throughout the year.
Philadelphia police have yet to list any arrests in connection with Saturday’s incident.
Road takeovers have become a growing problem in major cities across the country in recent years, with wannabe stunt drivers performing dangerous tricks with their vehicles in the middle of the road.
The cars can be seen very close to spectators, who sometimes run to avoid them. CBS News
Last month, a truck driver hit a group of pedestrians while fleeing from officers who arrested him making donuts in the middle of a busy Atlanta intersection.
While the popularity of such stunts spiked during the outbreak when some drivers were out and about, takeovers continued, especially in Los Angeles, where officials have been tracking such incidents.
The cars swerved so fast that the police said it was difficult to approach the scene. CBS News
The Los Angeles Police Department reported there were 7,654 such takeovers in 2021, and about 4,899 in 2022. Statistics for 2023 are not yet available.
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