The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) took one suspect into custody this past Monday after a high-speed race on public roads resulted in the destruction of a Chevy Corvette C8 Stingray. The other suspect was taken directly to the hospital.
In a Facebook post, LVMPD responded to calls around 9 pm that there was a crash related to illegal street racing that involved as many as seven different vehicles.
“There was vehicle debris for approximately a quarter mile down the roadway, white smoke coming from a transformer, 3 vehicles with major damage, airbags deployed, and multiple other vehicles with minor to moderate damage,” described one officer.
The ensuing investigation found that the C8 had been racing a GR Toyota Supra. The two vehicles were traveling at over 100 mph and failed to stop at a red light. The resulting crash destroyed a bus stop, hit a few parked cars and a fire hydrant, and knocked out power after light poles and power lines were found sparkling.
The suspect who was arrested was charged with multiple crimes including reckless driving, participating in a speed contest, and disregard for the safety of a person and property.
Unfortunately, these types of crashes don’t seem to be out of the norm for the C8 Corvette. GM Authority has covered Chevy Corvette accidents for some time now, with a few notable examples. These include a Lime Green Corvette that was split in half, a completely disfigured C8 that looked like it fell off a cliff, and a high speed crash in a residential area with a stolen vehicle.
This should be a given, but as a reminder, NEVER race on public roads. Leave the high speeds for the track. It’s simply not worth risking your life or the lives of others for a short-term thrill.
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First of all, dumb to be racing like that in the streets…second, why the hell would a C8 driver even bother to race a Supra? If they are both stock, it would not even be close!
I own a gr supra. You have no idea how fast they are stock. They make 400whp stock
Obviously, more money than brains.
By the looks of the Vette and Supra debris field, it’s lucky there’s no death and only one person went to the hospital. Sad thing is that when you read or hear about stories like this, it’s the carelessness of the driver(s) thrill seeking that injures or kills an innocent bystander or fellow law-abiding driver. Less than a year ago, an NFL star was involved in a Corvette {ACCIDENT} that a young lady and her golden retriever died in the fiery crash, I read in the article that the Corvette’s estimated speed prior to the crash was 156mph and there were other factors.
I love my Corvette’s, and I enjoy the thrill of driving a Corvette responsibly without putting other’s lives or myself in danger.
BTW… There’s a video that has been out for 13 years ago of a stolen Corvette in a 165mph high speed chase. The thief loses control and runs the Black Vette into the back of a semi-truck, Vette almost disintegrates, and the driver survives. I will say, I feel pretty safe in a Corvette.
It’s not necessarily the thrill,, it’s accepting a challenge. As with guns. The main cause is the idiot that has the control.
You pay your money and you take your chances.
Instead of Robo-Taxis dreamed by Mary B, she should ask the engineers at Corvette (mainly) to design a vision system that detects red lights and automatically put the vehicle in low speed, just like an F1 or WEC pit lane sensors. That would be a accident reduction rate device. Or something like that. If those brainless people kill themselves it was their decision, but risking / killing others shall be not.
Just saying…
Fools will always be fools, there’s no stopping it.
Darwin award winning drivers, IQ test should be administered as a condition of sale, some people are just too stupid to own these vechicles.
I remember when I began to first drive my dad was standing next to me in the garage and while pointing to our 1971 Lemans said that to remember that it is a lethal weapon. The irony was that he was killed in a car accident a few years later due to a negligent motorist. My point is that these drivers are first class idiots and hopefully they have their license permanently revoked. They need to have it drummed through their thick skulls that cars can become a lethal weapon & also that it is a privilege to drive. No one has a right to drive-you receive a license based on your driving test and that the state has assumed that you have a degree of maturity to properly handle a vehicle. I will get off my soap box. If my 16 year old car was damaged or destroyed by these idiots, I would make sure that somehow payment would be rendered.
Too much car, not enough driver.
Tear up both of their licenses and put them in prison for a few years. I have no tolerance for stupidity.
When I want to race my Camaro SS or my C7 GS, I take them to the track.
Can’t fix stupid
The way this reads it is the Corvette’s at fault.I would think it is the fools behind the steering wheel who are at fault!
Greater the cars ability the larger the damage field of an idiot.
Let’s look at this on the bright side as the damage to the C8 was all up front ….so there will be another C8 engine available soon for engine swap! 😄
Stupid is,as Stupid does.