The Corvette struck several cars along Lincoln Boulevard before plowing into
a gas pump safety post at the Shell gas station on Fiji Way
Photo by Ryan Cliver
A brand-new silver Corvette with smoke billowing from its engine smashed into several cars at high velocity early Saturday morning before striking a metal safety post protecting a gas pump at the Shell gas station on Fiji Way.
Westchester resident Ryan Cliver was driving southbound on Lincoln Boulevard at around 9 a.m. when he noticed the sports car speeding toward him.
“I saw this huge cloud of smoke moving toward me. Then I heard this ‘bang, bang,’ where he hit at least three cars when he got to Lincoln and Fiji Way,” Cliver said.
The driver of the 2015 Corvette was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run, Sgt. O.C. Smith of the LAPD’s West Traffic Bureau said. Despite the multiple collisions and significant front-end damage to the Corvette, the driver suffered only minor injuries and no one else was hurt, Smith said.
On his way home, Cliver noticed the driver had left something on the boulevard about a quarter mile from the gas station, near Ballona Creek.
“I saw his hood lying on the street [near the bridge over Lincoln] before I passed the Culver Loop,” Cliver said.
— Gary Walker
There is more to the story. The throttle was stuck. I was at the light on Lincoln and Jefferson headed north on Lincoln. I could hear a loud engine roaring down the street and i thought to myself where is this guy going the light had just turned green.
He flew by me and struck a car so hard that it made a 180 degree turn and landed on the south bound lane on lincoln. That car flew a 180 turn over 2 lanes. The corvette almost went under it befote striking the second car that hit the rear left of it and pushed it up next to the curb.
At this point the engine never let off. It was at wide open throttle the whole time almost as if it the throttle was stuck. After the two hits the corevtte did a 360 degree turn hitting the bridge over the LA river and speeding off.
I waited made sure everyone was ok and the police came. I drove off and saw the corvette on fiji way up in the gas station. The engine was still intact. The paramedics where. There. I even joked with mechanic shop there to get the engine hoist and pull the engine out. That was a crazy saturday morning