This Orange County fountain, despite its history and community reverence, can’t catch a break. Its most recent issue? A possibly drunk driver crashed his BMW into it while attempting to get away from the police. But this isn’t even the first time the Plaza Park fountain has been on the receiving end of some vehicular carnage.
A police pursuit ended with a BMW driver slamming his car into a historic fountain
There is a circle in Orange County’s Plaza Park, and within that circle, there is a historic fountain. Unfortunately for the much-loved water feature, a wayward BMW driver turned it into a target.
Witnesses say the speeding BMW failed to get around the circle, instead slamming his car through bushes, benches, barriers, and eventually, the fountain itself.
The driver survived the wreck, and police quickly arrested him. But here’s the kicker: police suspected that the driver was drunk at the time, and this wasn’t his first DUI conviction. Even worse, the driver was on probation for a DUI at the time.
This isn’t the first time– or even the second
According to KTLA, this isn’t the first time that a driver failed to get around the circle. In November of 2023, an 18-year-old driver neglected to respect the weather on a rainy evening, causing a direct hit on the fountain…