A recurring Cars and Coffee event in Loveland, Colorado has been forced to shut down after the driver of a Dodge Challenger Hellcat lost control of their vehicle while leaving the meet and wiped out a Chevy Silverado 1500.
According to the Loveland Reporter-Herald, the Chevy Silverado was driving northbound just before 10 a.m. this past Sunday when the Challenger lost control and broadsided the pickup, flipping it onto its roof.
Amateur video of the crash shows the matte black-colored Hellcat pulling out of the parking lot where the Cars and Coffee event was being held with its tires squealing before fishtailing and slamming into the side of the unsuspecting Silverado.
Loveland Fire Rescue Authority Capt. Mark Lyons said one person was taken to hospital with minor injuries as a result of the crash. The driver of the Hellcat, who was not named by local police, was ticketed for reckless driving.
A statement posted to the Loveland Cars and Coffee Instagram page on Sunday night indicated the event will now be canceled due to the crash.
“Loveland C&C will be no more after this,” a representative for the event said. “We are super sorry to say this. Takes one person to ruin it all and we experienced that today.”
At this point, Cars and Coffee events have pretty much become synonymous with embarrassing viral crash videos. YouTube is full of videos of reckless drivers trying to impress Cars and Coffee crowds with burnouts, fast accelerations and high-speed flybys – many of which end in disaster for the driver, innocent bystanders or both. While showing off for fellow car enthusiasts can be tempting, this video is the perfect example of how quickly it can go wrong.
“We had this meet for people to come chill, talk about cars and have a good time,” Loveland Cars and Coffee’s statement also said. “No need to get reckless and try to show off.”
Check out the crash video involving the Dodge Challenger and the Chevy Silverado embedded below.
Subscribe to GM Authority for more Chevrolet Silverado news, Chevrolet news, and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
Comments
Ass clown!
Fastyle? Clearly you don’t drive fast then.
Agreed, fastyle! I’d sue this asshat for every last penny. This was clearly not an “accident”, but wanton recklessness.
That’s it? A ticket for reckless driving?? People are getting off too easy for stupid stuff like this…
Hoping the Silverado driver is OK.
Like Tiger?
@fastyle…yup.
Reckless driving is a criminal charge, a Class 2 misdemeanor in CO, with up to 6 months in jail. Guy will have a criminal record.
Well this just goes to show you that a Hellcat really does have more horsepower then any gm product. The Hellcat driver, even though admittedly is brainless, wasn’t trying to knock over a full sized pickup truck. Personally observing it on the video the Silverado was barely tapped. My son has 2020 Silverado, I’ll have to warn him to watch out for Hellcats.
He pulled a Mustang…
Sue the hellcat driver into ruin, homelessness & starvation.
If that was me in the Silverado rest assured that hellcat asshole would be ferociously beaten and disfigured for the rest of his life.
Such good character, hope this never happens in your family. Clearly an accident.
Not an “accident” when the guy’s charged with reckless driving, which requires intentional willful disregard for safety. In CO, reckless driving is a criminal misdemeanor with up to 6 months in jail.
It’s sick that you try to justify a display of speed that results in a very likely injury to an innocent motorist.
and in America an accident is punished with a slap on the wrist.
That’s why taking matters into your own hands becomes appealing since our failed judicial system can’t do its job.
And you’d be in jail.
Good pit maneuver.
Isn’t there better news? Instead of promoting bullying?
you are clueless. Difference between stupidity and bullying.
The Hellcat driver would meet his maker after that.
Ya just can’t fix ‘stupid.’