A driver repeatedly plowed into a burning car during a violent and chaotic sideshow in Oakland early Saturday morning.
While Oakland police have yet to release any information about the incident, the sideshow activity in the area of the Alameda County Courthouse south of Lake Merritt began at around 10:45 p.m. Friday. Video obtained by CBS News Bay Area showed the dangerous scene unfolding at around 1 a.m. near the intersection of Oak Street and 10th near the Oakland Museum of California.
Oakland police responded to the sideshow activity and set up a perimeter of several block around the sideshow. A vehicle was lit on fire as it sat on 10th street next to the building that houses Crash Champions Collision Repair. As crowds watched the vehicle burn, a masked individual was seen getting into a Subaru, which he then used to ram the burning vehicle. As the driver in the Subaru repeatedly plowed into the burning car, crowds gathered and watched while recording cell phone video.
Oakland Fire units later arrived at the scene once the crowds were cleared and put out the flames, which had spread to the Subaru that the masked driver had abandoned. According to a witness, sideshow spectators were seen throwing bottles at police, which led to authorities using tear gas. So far there is no word from authorities It's unknown if anyone was injured in the incident. A witness said at around 2:20 a.m.
There was no word on arrests or citations, but at least two vehicles were seen in video being towed from the area. The sideshow was one of several that broke out in the wake of Cinco de Mayo festivities late Friday and early Saturday. Some of the vehicles involved in a sideshow at San Pablo Avenue and Merchant Street in Crockett are believed to have moved on to participate in the Oakland sideshow.. In the clip, an Oakland police patrol car is seen driving through the chaos of the sideshow without stopping.
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