SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Amid a coronavirus pandemic and state and county stay at home orders, CHP says they had to break up a 100 to 150 car sideshow with 300 people around.
It happened around 6 p.m. on Sunday, April12, near the intersection of Florin Road and Palmer House Drive. Officer James Young, South Sacramento CHP spokesperson, said officers found about 300 people and 100 to 150 cars at the sideshow.
As officers attempted to break up the sideshow, Officer Young said one of the vehicles tried to leave the area and ended up sideswiping a CHP vehicle.
"These thousand pound cars are missing people by just inches and if one mistake happens, someone could get seriously injured or killed," Young said.
Young said the 18-year-old driver was arrested on a felony evading charge. The officer wasn't hurt in the crash, but two minors, who were in the 18-year-old's vehicle, complained about some minor injuries and were taken to a hospital, according to Young.
"The front right tire of the suspect vehicle was torn off," Young said. "He was probably going 50-60 mph when he struck our officer and by inches, it wasn't a head on collision."
Young said a lot of the vehicles went north on Highway 99 and tried to stop traffic to keep doing sideshows. He says officers were able to stop that from happening, but, one driver was arrested after participating in reckless driving on Highway 99.
Young said the sideshow cars went to North Sacramento, where CHP kept an eye on them to make sure they don't convene again.
"We expect people to be home," Young said. "I know most of the officers who responded would have rather had been home with family then dealing with this."
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