A Corvette crashed and broke apart in Florida on Saturday morning during a suspected street race that left the driver seriously injured, according to authorities and local reports.
Firefighters responded just before 8:30 a.m. to a report of a vehicle accident at the intersection of State Highway 200 and SW 80th Street and found the white Corvette smashed “to pieces,” Marion County Fire Rescue said.
The car had veered off the road and clipped a power pole before breaking, according to witness reports.
Fire officials said that downed power lines temporarily closed the highway.
The driver of the Corvette was declared a “Trauma Alert” and rushed to a local hospital.
The driver is the sole occupant of the vehicle.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the cause of the crash is suspected to be street racing, the Ocala Star Banner reported.
The Corvette and a silver Ford Mustang are believed to have been racing westbound on the highway when the Mustang cut off the Corvette, causing the Corvette to skid and hit another car, troopers told the newspaper.
After hitting another car, troopers say the Corvette struck a utility pole and struck a tree.
The scene where a Corvette crashed and broke in a suspected street race in Marion County, Florida. Marion County Fire Rescue The car seat on the ground after the crash. was racing when the Corvette swerved into another car and then struck a telephone pole and a tree.Marion County Fire Rescue
The Corvette was torn into at least four major sections and the driver was thrown 154 feet from the wreckage.
No update on the Corvette driver’s injuries was immediately available.
Troopers have asked for the public’s help in identifying the driver of the Ford Mustang in connection with the crash.
The driver of the Corvette was declared a “Trauma Alert” and rushed to a local hospital. Marion County Fire Rescue The driver of the Corvette was extricated 154 feet from the wreckage. Marion County Fire Rescue
The driver of the Mustang is described as a white man with a well-kept beard and two tattoos on his right arm.
He is believed to stand between 5 feet, 8 inches and 6 feet tall and weigh between 225 and 250 pounds.
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