VANDALIA — Hundreds of people took over two intersections in Montgomery County last weekend.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 6, video shows sports cars being driven recklessly along North Dixie Drive and Benchwood Road in Vandalia.
There were also over 100 people blocking the intersection.
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Tire marks could be seen left behind on North Dixie Drive and Benchwood Road.
News Center 7’s Amber Jenkins showed the video to car enthusiast Augustine Malfavon while he was getting gas on Monday.
“Wow, this is crazy. It doesn’t look like it would be that many people here,” he said.
Malfavon said that he would love this in his younger years. But he’s a grandfather now and concerned about safety.
“People used to drag race up and down the street, but it was all straight away. No burning out like this. No ceiling off the streets. It was all back streets. But you know, this kind of makes it unsafe,” he said.
The video also shows that several Butler Township Police cruisers arrived at the scene. Dozens scattered away when they heard the police sirens.
A black muscle car was seen driving recklessly past a police cruiser.
Vandalia Police and several other officers helped manage the crowd in the Sheetz parking lot until 11 p.m.
Jenkins says that this is not the only intersection that was taken over for burnouts.
People posted a video on social media of a street takeover on Gettysburg.
News Center 7 has contacted the Dayton Police Department about what happened and asked if it’s connected to the one in Vandalia.
We will continue to update this story.
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