Would someone dump a $400,000 Rolls Royce on the street in Van Nuys?
Apparently someone was involved in a reckless driving accident that resulted in two cars being seriously damaged and four people being taken to the hospital.
Los Angeles police are searching for a driver who fled the scene of a crash Friday night.
The collision involved two luxury cars, a Rolls-Royce Cullinan (base model $389,000) and a Mercedes GT63 (base price $153,350), on Sherman Way, according to reports around 9:50 p.m. They were traveling west side by side at high speed. That speed, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The driver of the Mercedes clipped a Honda Civic that was making a left turn into Sherman Circle, ejecting the Honda driver from the vehicle and injuring his passenger.
The driver of the Rolls-Royce swerved into oncoming traffic to avoid a collision, colliding with a Chevrolet Traverse and hitting a curb. The driver fled the scene.
As of Saturday afternoon, police had not yet released the driver’s identity, but he was being pursued on charges of reckless driving and hit-and-run.
The two people in the Honda suffered serious injuries and were hospitalized. The driver of the Mercedes was hospitalized and arrested on suspicion of reckless driving. A fourth person involved in the crash was also taken to the hospital, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The condition of the Chevrolet driver is unknown.
Two adult males were transported in critical condition (both were reportedly thrown from the vehicle), according to the fire department. Two patients (an adult male and an adult female) were transported with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police have not confirmed whether the Rolls-Royce and Mercedes drivers were taking part in the road race.
