LOS ANGELES (CNS) — An investigation was continuing Monday into a stunt — apparently orchestrated for social media — in which a rented Tesla flew 50 feet in the air and crashed into two parked cars in Echo Park over the weekend.
What You Need To Know
- The incident happened about 12:10 a.m. Sunday near Baxter and Alvarado streets, the LAPD reported
- Cellphone cameras caught the action, which was posted on YouTube and other social media platforms
- The person of interest known as dominykas also posted a video showing him eating what appeared to be a cannabis gummy before the stunt
- There was no immediate description of the driver who could face misdemeanor hit-and-run charges, police said
The crash occurred about 12:10 a.m. Sunday near Baxter and Alvarado streets, and the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Traffic Division posted videos of the stunt on its Twitter page.
"LAPD didn't like my stunt," was written on a video posted by dominykas on TikTok as he displayed a key fob with a key hanging from it.
Cell phone cameras caught the action, which was posted on YouTube and other social media platforms. It showed the rented Tesla airborne through the steep intersection at a high rate of speed, then landing nose-first and crashing into two parked cars. The Tesla was then abandoned and the driver fled the scene.
The person of interest known as dominykas also posted a video showing him eating what appeared to be a cannabis gummy before the stunt.
By 9 p.m. Sunday, the LAPD Central Traffic Division tweeted: "We are asking the public to no longer send us any more tips regarding @dominykasor We have reached out to him on his social media account. We are asking any witnesses to also come forward."
We are asking the public to no longer send us any more tips regarding @dominykasor We have reached out to him on his social media account. We are asking any witnesses to also come forward. pic.twitter.com/vFBASt8MQD
— LAPDCTD (@LAPDCTD24) March 21, 2022
Viewers of video of the stunt offered remarks, with one tweeting a suggestion to investigators: "Pull the footage from the tesla duh." Another commented, "Some guys are just begging to be made an example."
There was no immediate description of the driver who could face misdemeanor hit-and-run charges, police said.
Meanwhile, a GoFundMe account established to assist the owner of one of the parked vehicles damaged by the Tesla had generated more than $8,500 in donations by Monday afternoon.
Information about the fund is available here.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash was urged to call LAPD Detective Juan Campos at 213-833-3713 or 877-527-3247. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.