Street Racing Chaos Ends In Karma As BMW Drivers Crash Right In Front Of Cop

A new video circulating online captures a reckless driving stunt that takes a sudden, destructive turn. Two BMWs, weaving aggressively through traffic in New York, end up crashing into each other — and it all happens right in front of an NYPD cruiser.

This kind of driving was somewhat common for a time around New York. Over a year ago, an account called “Slow Benz” was gaining notoriety as it depicted drivers breaking laws, driving recklessly, and taunting NYPD officers. In May of 2024, the person police accused of leading that account, 19-year-old Antonio Ginestri, went to jail. After initially getting out, police arrested him again, this time for charges related to ATM and handbag thefts. 

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Since then, his account and associated accounts haven’t been nearly as popular. Nevertheless, they’ve remained alive. In one recently highlighted on Reddit, two BMW M3s are cutting up in traffic when the drivers over-estimate their skill level.

As a green car leading the pair swerves across several lanes, it does so directly in the path of the following car. The gap is too small, the brakes can’t slow the car fast enough, and the two collide. 

The camera car slams into a barrier and the driver pulls over onto the side of the road. It’s unclear what happens with the green BMW, but it appears to drive away. Regardless, it seems that police won’t have to do much to track down either driver as one officer is sitting on the side of the road with a front-row seat for the crash itself. 

Video Reddit

After a little digging, it turns out that this video is one posted by the Slow Benz YouTube account some eight months ago. Entitled “SQUEEZE TEAM TRYOUT GONE WRONG,” it documents even more of the drive in higher quality video.

The reality here is that folks like Ginestri will likely continue to pull stunts like this until the police do enough work to stop them and make a true example out of the people they catch. Other states have made it clear that good detective work can accomplish a lot. In 2022, Carscoops exposed Scott Kitfield, a man posting similar videos online but in California. 

A year later, police used a helicopter and ground units to track Kitfield, spotting him at triple-digit speeds. After a brief chase, officers pulled back and allowed the helicopter to follow from above until he eventually stopped. He was arrested on the spot. One year after that, authorities convicted him of fleeing police, reckless driving, and participating in a speed contest.

Seeing as we’ve covered Ginestri and his associates several times, it wouldn’t be all that surprising to see the crew deal with a similar downfall anytime. Hopefully, the NYPD can follow that example and shut these immature folks down before they hurt people. 

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Stolen Fire Truck Turns Washington Neighborhood Into Demolition Derby

The Everett Fire Department had an eventful Friday night as they were called to assist with a medical emergency on the fifth floor of an apartment building. Once finished, they returned to Hoyt Avenue to find their fire truck missing.

While they were busy responding to the emergency, someone apparently hopped inside and drove the stolen fire engine at high speeds. This caused “significant damage to multiple parked vehicles and landscaping across five locations.”

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Shortly after the theft, calls started coming into 911 and the first reported a hit-and-run incident where the fire truck struck two parked vehicles. Just one minute later, another call came in about a fire truck “plowing into ten parked vehicles.”

Everett Police responded and found multiple other crash scenes. In total, 14 parked cars were hit while the fire truck – a 2018 Pierce Enforcer Pumper – “suffered significant damage.” The vehicle is out of service and impounded for evidence, but a reserve unit is now on duty.

Everett Fire Department

The suspect fled on foot and you can see extensive damage, including a Chevrolet Camaro that effectively had its door ripped off. The fire truck also decimated another vehicle, which appears to be an early Lexus RX.

Police are asking for the public’s help in finding the person responsible and Everett Police Chief John DeRousse said, “Losing a fire engine to such a reckless person not only jeopardizes the safety of our first responders, but also puts our community at risk. We are committed to ensuring the safety of our residents, and any information that helps us resolve this incident is crucial.”

Fire Chief Dave DeMarco added, “We are actively reviewing this incident and examining our policies and procedures to see what, if anything, can be done to help prevent such occurrences in the future. We are thankful that no one was injured in this event, and we remain focused on safeguarding our community and our emergency response capabilities.”

H/T to NBC News

Fan Finds Chris Harris’s Stolen Car Before Cops Could Even Finish Their Coffee

The feelings that come along with being the victim of theft are fierce and wide-ranging. In most cases, victims have little recourse but to let authorities go after the perpetrators. For celebrities, the world works a little differently.

Take, for example, Chris Harris, the former host of Top Gear and certified car nut. When someone stole his classic E28 BMW M5, he put out the word to fans and they found it faster than the coppers.

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Harris has almost 900,000 followers on Instagram alone. Early this morning (7/21/2025), he informed them that the M5 was stolen in Clifton, Bristol overnight. “Pls share and help me find it. Had it 19 years,” he said. Within roughly three hours of the post, one person claimed they’d spotted it.

A Real-Time Recovery

Harris initially posted an update in real time as he headed toward that fan. “The world’s a mad place, why would you leave it on a residential street,” Harris said, referring to a claim that the stolen car was just sitting there, parked like any other vehicle, out in the open, on the street.

Upon rounding the corner where the M5 sat, Harris simply exclaimed “Look at that, there it is, my M5 up on a paver.” A follower, Lee, found the car, messaged Harris, and told the celebrity that he’d stay with the car til Harris could arrive. Sure enough, that’s exactly what happened. 

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Not Unscathed, But Intact

“It’s a bit of a mess, but I’ve got it back and I feel incredibly lucky,” said Harris. He’s speaking about the damage done to the car in the short time it was gone. The thieves curbed one wheel and damaged the ignition to get the car to start. That’s not too bad in a world full of chop shops and black markets that ship cars to far off countries.

Evidently, it didn’t have much fuel in it when they took it and even less when Harris found it. Despite that, he was able to crank it up on camera and confirmed that everything sounded normal. That’s about as good of a result as anyone could ask for, and even more impressive considering that authorities weren’t the ones to figure it out.

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Stellantis Shipments To North America Fell Off A Cliff In Q2

Stellantis has decided to break from the usual script and share a preliminary look at its financial performance for the first half of 2025. This kind of early disclosure isn’t standard practice, and in this case, it’s clearly meant to get ahead of some less-than-rosy analyst expectations.

As the company puts it, “The disclosure of the following preliminary financial data for the First Half 2025 is intended to address the difference between these analyst consensus forecasts and the Company’s performance for the period.”

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In other words, it sees some analysts’ forecasts and wants to make clear that they probably aren’t very accurate. For example, it expects a $2.7 billion loss on revenue of $86.9 billion over the first half of the year. Over the same period in 2024, it achieved a $6.58 billion profit with $99 billion in revenue.

The automaker blamed that huge deficit on four main issues. Some of it comes down to the company spending in the first half of the year to hopefully provide “larger benefits in the second half of 2025,” it says.

External Pressures and Internal Costs

It also blamed pre-tax net charges, higher industrial costs, geographic and other mix factors, and changes in foreign exchange rates. The really interesting part was that Stellantis openly acknowledged the impact of US tariffs as one of the key factors, as they resulted in a $348 million hit and a loss of planned production. Speaking of production and delivery, the company says U.S. shipments are way down.

In fact, it’s down by some 109,000 units in Q2 alone compared to the same time in 2024. That’s a 25 percent decline, and it’s only one piece of the puzzle. Stellantis says that year-over-year sales are down 10 percent despite being “relatively flat” in the U.S. To its credit, Ram and Jeep are up 13 percent year over year to this point.

According to Reuters, CEO Antonio Filosa told employees in an email that 2025 would be “a year of gradual and sustainable improvement,” despite a “tough first half, with increasing external headwinds. Despite difficulties, it has also been six months of meaningful progress compared to the second half of 2024.”

All of this looks a bit rough right now, but perhaps it’s better than dropping what some might consider to be a bomb on July 29 when full financial results come out. We’ll have to wait till then to see how all the numbers truly shake out.