- Police responded to a call about a blue Corvette doing donuts in Pennsylvania.
- New Jersey police initiated a chase but the driver managed to escape.
- The C8 had recently been stolen from a car dealership in Rhode Island.
Police in Pennsylvania have located the bright blue Chevrolet Corvette Stingray that went viral after being filmed doing donuts in the middle of an intersection during a street takeover in Stroudsburg in late August. Apparently, finding the C8 turned out to be the easy part. Who was behind the wheel is still an open question, and for now the driver’s identity remains a mystery.
The Stroud Area Regional Police received several calls related to the blue sports car doing donuts at the intersection of Main and 7th streets near midnight on Saturday, August 29. Within nine minutes, police arrived and monitored the scene until approximately 3:00 a.m., but they were unable to locate the Corvette.
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The investigation continued over the coming days, and the Corvette, wearing fake New York plates reading ‘MAFIA’, was found abandoned by New Jersey State Police on Interstate 80. The driver of the C8 managed to elude police during a chase before ditching the car, and was nowhere when police arrived at the scene.
Stolen From Rhode Island
Police say the Corvette was stolen from a dealership in Rhode Island, although they’ve yet to name the dealership or specify how thieves managed to make off with the V8-powered sports car. News of the C8 being stolen doesn’t come as much of a surprise, as that’s often the case with vehicles participating in street takeovers like this. After all, it’d be silly to drive your own car in such a reckless manner with dozens of people filming and capturing crystal-clear images of your license plates.
While you may think street takeovers like this are nothing more than harmless fun, crashes with other vehicles and spectators aren’t uncommon at these events. Additionally, insurance companies have to pay for stolen and abandoned vehicles, and you can be assured that some of those costs are passed on to consumers through higher premiums. As this happens, the drivers of these vehicles often use footage of their antics to gain social media followers, generating income from the content.
