A Chevy Camaro driver was arrested by police in Antioch, California after he was caught on surveillance video crashing the sports car into a lamp post.
According to San Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX, Antioch Police received a call on Tuesday about a white Chevy Camaro that had crashed into a lamp post after doing donuts in the parking lot of a local marina. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a white fifth-generation Chevy Camaro V6 with significant front-end damage that had been nosed into a lamp post. As officers approached the vehicle, the sole 30-year old occupant attempted to flee the scene, but they were quickly apprehended and slapped with a litany of charges.
Antioch Police shared surveillance video of the crash to its Instagram page this week. The 32-second clip shows the driver performing some rather sketchy-looking donuts before losing control of the vehicle and hitting the post. Photos of the accident scene show the Camaro with significant front passenger-side damage, with the concrete base of the post protruding well into the vehicle’s front right quarter panel.
View this post on Instagram
The driver of the Camaro was charged for reckless driving and had their vehicle impounded for 30-days – although police note the car was damaged badly enough where the owner wouldn’t have been able to continue driving it anyways. Police also pointed out that sideshows, in which one or multiple cars engage in burnouts and other reckless driving behaviors, are becoming a growing problem in the Bay Area – so this driver was never going to be let off easy.
“Sideshows are extremely dangerous and affect every driver on the road,” Antioch Police said in the social media post. “We all share the road together and have an obligation to each other to drive responsibly.”
Subscribe to GM Authority for more Chevy Camaro news, Chevy news, and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
Comments
When he pulled into the parking lot he finally realized that he had bought a 6 cylinder and it was white to boot!! This was a termination mission from the get go.
He immediately realized he was the wrong sex to be driving this rental car. He wasn’t a secretary.
When we want the Camaro to compete with the Mustang this is not in mind…..
When we want the Camaro to compete with the Mustang, this is not what we had in mind….
Sentence Authority?.
This guy deserves to drive a Geo Metro automatic from now on. That way, he cannot even squeal a tire; not even in the rain.
I was thinking maybe a bicycle
Light pole – 1
Stupid driver -0
Play stupid games….win stupid prizes!
It’s SF , so they’ll probably just let the guy go.
I was thinking the same thing…thieves, burglars drug use on the street, and violent offenders are apparently not prosecuted in CA, so I’m surprised they took the time to bother with this. Or maybe this is the type of crime where they’ll throw the book at him to show they’re tough.
Before the age of cameras, it was a fairly normal thing (where I grew up), for teens to do some donuts at the local parking lot…If he damaged the light pole or other property then he should have to pay for whatever he damaged…otherwise, I have no problem with letting him go with a slap on the wrist…this lesson was better learned here than on the roads.
Light pole on swoll 🦾
He fled the scene ,duh !
Caught at the bus stop, LOL!
What’s really sad is the rest of us insured drivers have to pay higher premiums due to his stupidity
Take your pick:
-Too much car, not enough driver
-Car in gear, brain in neutral
I have no sympathy for mental defectives. Put him in prison for a while, until he can prove that his brain is fully developed.
This is what happens when a Mustang driver borrows his friend’s car.
This is what happens when a Mustang driver borrows his friend’s Camaro.
Tesla autopilot disturbed him.
Didn’t take much for him to get dizzy!
Another one who ran out of talent as soon as he opened the door…. #CantFixStupid
To the writer for GM authority, you need to be more familiar with the correct names of the various body body parts, the Camaro in the article had its right front fender destroyed, not front right quarter panel. The worst parts damaged was the complete right front suspension and wheel.
This car is totaled, the main wiring harness is routed thru the crashed area, it requires more time to replace than a new Camaro is worth. My coworker’s gf took his out by tapping the front end at 10mph.
Hopefully the Co Worker dumped the gf!
Karma.
Woops!!! Who moved that pole?
Notice that no one else was around to encourage his STUPIDITY.
More than likely a “practice session” to get the feel of the squeal.
FAILED at driving..EXCELLED at being a DUMBAZZ.
Mom was pissed about her Camaro & Skippy lost his basement apartment status!
And yet the lamp post appears to be no worse for wear.
To quote undoubtedly one of the best entertainers of all times.
What a Maroon !
IIHS Crashworthiness Rating Overview
2014-15 Chevrolet Camaro
Small overlap front: passenger-side = G
-Minimal cabin intrusion.
-Dummy telematic reports showed it would have likely had no knee or chest injury. Head not reporting.
-Structure stayed intact.
What an idiot. Glad no one was hurt. So it makes it hilarious. Maybe this doof learned his lesson. But I doubt it. Happy APD was able to catch up with him.
What a fool.
It’s a 6 banger, not like there was any smoke blocking his vision.
That’s a big awe SHXXXXXXT!
Sad that the Camaro after fix will never be the same, and will probably have a salvage title for the rest of it’s life.
These negative articles on the Camaro is getting a little old. First the “What went wrong with the 6th Gen Camaro” piece and now this. Stupid accidents happen every day. Find something else to write about.
agree 100%
Am i the only one who wonders, “was there damage done to anyones property but his own? “ and throwing him in jail for what doing doughnuts? So the state will receive compensation … ??? noone else but the state! think about that! thus is an authoritarian police state! no call for an arrest!
Dear despise state govts:
The Camaro driver damaged property in that the parking lot owner, be it private or government, will now have to repaint the white parking stall and guide lines. This will cost at a minimum a couple of grand. Also, the concrete base for the light pole might be cracked and need replacement. Lastly, the auto insurance risk pool in the Antioch actuarial zone will take a negative marking which may affect insureds in that area.
Sad to see over $20K+ in damage happen in an avoidable moment.
Driver should go to SEMA and do a ride along with professional drifters at the Ford display with Mustangs in the West parking lot. Or at an organized drifting event at a car show.
Safety first. Lucky he didn’t impact the fuel tank and have a pyrotechnic drama show.