A quiet Spring, Texas neighborhood got an unexpected water feature last week, courtesy of two men and a very unhappy Dodge Challenger.
According to Harris County Precinct Four deputy constables, the pair drove the muscle car onto a residential street near Lynngate before the driver managed to introduce the vehicle to a fire hydrant sitting in someone’s front yard. Because nothing says “I’m having a normal one” like launching a performance car into neighborhood infrastructure.
The Getaway Plan (Which Did Not Work)
After the crash, both men apparently decided the best course of action was to sprint away from the scene, leaving the Challenger behind to contemplate its poor life choices as water gushed all over the front yard. To be fair to the Challenger, it never asked for any of this.
Deputies were not exactly stumped by the situation. They caught up with the driver, who was taken into custody on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. The passenger, perhaps hoping the warrant out for his arrest would somehow not come up during a police interaction, was also taken into custody. It came up…