Viral footage of a street takeover in Orange County helped authorities identify the driver of a hit-and-run that sent two people to the hospital, Anaheim police said.
A livestreamer captured the entire incident on Kick.com on Friday around 2 a.m. as a black Dodge Charger spun doughnuts around a crowd of spectators, drifting dangerously close as a passenger in a white hoodie leaned halfway out of the car posing for pictures.
“This s— is fire bro,” the streamer says in the background. But excitement quickly turns to horror as the driver suddenly turns into the crowd, running over people. The crowd swarms the car, people begin jumping on the front windshield, the video shows. “There’s still a guy under it,” the streamer shouts.
Minutes later, sirens can be heard as police arrive on scene at the intersection of State College Boulevard and Orangewood Avenue. Police said that the driver fled the scene before they arrived, but using social media footage and other tips, they identified the suspected driver as Hassan Hamid Ali.