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A C6 Corvette and S550 Mustang engaged in a street race on a California highway, ending in a serious accident. Fortunately, no innocent bystanders were harmed by the foolishness of the two drivers, but one of them ended up being thrown from his car and the other was thrown into the backseat of a police cruiser.
Street racers attack firefighters responding to fatal car crash.
The sports and pony cars were racing each other on northbound SR-99 in Modesto on the afternoon of August 10, says California Highway Patrol, weaving through slower traffic as they tried proving which was faster. Both were going over 100 mph.
Behind the wheel of the C6 Corvette was 26-year-old Tyler Azadzoi, who veered onto the dirt and gravel median, to avoid slower cars. That move caused him to lose control of the sports car, which veered right across all the southbound lanes, over the shoulder, and into a chain link fence.
That collision caused the ‘Vette to roll multiple times onto another road. Because Azadzoi wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, he was thrown from the vehicle. He suffered major injuries and was rushed to the hospital.
But his 28-year-old passenger who was belted in escaped with minor injuries, reports The Modesto Bee.
Even better, the driver of the Mustang, 22-year-old Raul Torres Jr., reportedly stopped briefly where the Corvette crashed, then he took off. Torres fled to his house in Manteca, parking the Mustang in a garage.
Because others got the license plate number of the Mustang, CHP showed up at Torres’ address, arresting him and impounding his car. He’s now facing felony charges for reckless driving proximately causing bodily injury and speed contest causing injury, as well as several lesser criminal charges.
The big takeaway here is street racing is dumb. It’s even dumber when you don’t wear your seatbelt.
Image via CHP – Modesto/Facebook
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