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'Here we go again' | Sideshow in Northgate leads to 28 towed cars

Sacramento police towed 28 cars, issued 28 citations, arrested 9 people on felony arrests, and seized 4 guns after Sunday sideshow.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a sideshow Sunday evening resulting in the towing of more than two dozen cars, Sacramento police announced Monday.

Sacramento police say the sideshow started around 5:30 Sunday evening at the intersection of Potomac Ave. and Northgate Blvd. in the Northgate neighborhood. Details on when and where it ended weren't released. 

Police said 28 cars were towed and they issued 28 citations, arrested 9 people on felonies, and seized 4 guns.

Officers from the California Highway Patrol, Elk Grove and Citrus Heights police departments also took part in the efforts.

Sacramento police said they are also investigating whether to tow more cars. 

A video posted to Instagram shows sideshow activity and a person getting hit by a vehicle that later appears to take out a nearby pole. The video was posted by Instagram user Musun777 after people were hit by a car doing donuts.

"'Oh, here we go again.'"

 

Kristina To lives a few doors down from where the sideshow happened.

"We just heard all the skid marks, and I was sitting out on my porch and I was, like, 'Oh, here we go again,'" she said.

To said the sideshows happen every few days and she thought that police didn't care enough to stop them. However, their response Sunday came as a surprise.

"Shortly after, we hear helicopters, and I was like, 'That was quick,' surprisingly. Usually, we don't hear a response right when it happens," she said.

Surveillance videos of the sideshow that were obtained by ABC10 show three cars in the intersection doing doughnuts at the same time. A passenger is also seen hanging out of the window as smoke from the tires filled the air.

"It's unfortunate because I know they're having fun, but they're also putting the public in danger, their safety at risk," To said.

Since 2015, 30 people have died in sideshows in the state, and California Highway Patrol detectives are still searching for the driver of a blue dodge charger, who fled the scene after hitting a spectator. The March 31 collision caused major injuries. That night, roughly 60 cars participated in a sideshow at Vista Park Court.

Earlier this year, the California Highway Patrol secured a grant that pours $800,000 toward deterring sideshows, which includes undercover operations, proactive patrol operations, local high school presentations and a public awareness campaign.

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