A stolen Ferrari Purosangue turned a quiet stretch of Miami’s Brickell neighborhood into a high speed stage, ending with the V 12 super SUV wrapped around a utility pole and a swath of the city plunged into darkness. What began as a reported luxury car theft escalated into a dramatic police pursuit, a fiery explosion and a blackout that underscored how one reckless decision can ripple through an entire community.
From the first clipped patrol car to the final shower of sparks, the chase captured on video looked like a scene lifted from a racing game, only with real lives, real property and real infrastructure on the line. As I trace the path of that stolen Purosangue, the story that emerges is not just about speed and spectacle, but about how modern policing, high end vehicles and urban power grids collide when a driver refuses to stop.
From luxury SUV to stolen getaway car
The Ferrari Purosangue is built to be a statement piece, a V 12 powered SUV that blends supercar performance with everyday practicality for buyers who can afford its rarefied price tag. In this case, The Ferrari was not in the hands of its rightful owner when the chase began, but had been reported stolen along with a 2025 Rolls Royce Cullinan belonging to a Miami Beach resident who had arranged for work to be done on both vehicles. That detail, drawn from reporting on the paired theft of The Ferrari and the Rolls Royce Cullinan in Miami Beach, sets the stage for how a high end service arrangement turned into a police case involving two of the most expensive SUVs on the road.
By the time officers began tracking the Purosangue, the Rolls Royce Cullinan had already been separated from it, leaving the Ferrari as the primary focus of the pursuit. Accounts of the incident describe a reported theft in Brickell that quickly escalated once police located the SUV and attempted to stop it. The Ferrari, with its V 12 engine and supercar level acceleration, effectively became a stolen getaway car, its performance potential now a liability for everyone sharing the streets. That transformation from status symbol to fleeing suspect vehicle is central to understanding why the chase unfolded with such intensity in a dense urban neighborhood.
The Brickell pursuit and the clipped patrol car
Witness testimony and video footage show that the chase threaded through Miami’s Brickell district, a corridor of high rises, offices and residential towers that is rarely quiet even in the early morning hours. One witness in MIAMI, watching from a high rise balcony, described seeing the pursuit snake through the streets before the final impact, a vantage point that captured both the speed of the Purosangue and the proximity of other drivers and pedestrians. That same witness later spoke about how quickly the situation escalated once the Ferrari appeared, underscoring how little time bystanders had to react as the chase closed in on a major intersection near Second Avenue and 17th Street…