Stunt drivers caught on video taking over Chicago streets again near McCormick Place

CHICAGO (WLS) — Harmful drivers have as soon as once more been caught on digicam shutting down site visitors and performing unlawful stunts on Chicago streets, with onlookers simply inches away from being run over.

Those that stay close to twenty fifth & Martin Luther King Drive mentioned they’ve been waking as much as the sounds of screeching tires for a number of weekends now.

RAW VIDEO | Harmful drivers take over intersection close to McCormick Place

“Making numerous noise, doing donuts and you may’t sleep as a result of it is so loud,” mentioned Samson Poon, who lives close by.

“It is completely unbelievable,” neighbor Dennis Alexander mentioned. “I can not even put it into phrases. 300 to 400 younger folks simply converge on this neighborhood and it turns into gridlock.”

Video from in a single day Friday reveals large crowds clogging the streets as they watched drivers spinning donuts round a roundabout. Recent tire marks may nonetheless be seen on the road.

“The pace that they’re racing across the statue right here, and so they’re hanging out of vehicles,” Alexander mentioned. “And for me, what wakes me up just isn’t the noise, it is the odor of rubber burning.”

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Sadly, this is not the primary time folks have descended upon this Close to South Facet neighborhood. Neighbors shared video from final yr of individuals setting a hoop of fireplace across the identical roundabout.

“They have to be organizing on social media as a result of they appear to know precisely the place to return, when to return and so they additionally know when to depart,” Alexander mentioned.

Chicago police arrested two males in Friday evening’s incident, and one automotive was impounded.

Jose Castillo, 18, is charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct, and 18-year-old Juan Venegas was cited for possessing a pellet gun, disorderly conduct, and a number of site visitors violations.

“Hopefully it stops these hooligans from inflicting hassle as a result of we simply wish to sleep in peace,” Poon mentioned.

Metropolis council members handed an ordinance final month that permits town to impound automobiles that “drift” and drag race, even when cops aren’t there on the time. Individuals hope this can urge these wreaking havoc on their neighborhood to cease.

“So glad to listen to that that has been addressed,” Alexander mentioned. “Very a lot so. However I feel we have to get in entrance of it.”

Neighbors additionally advised police add additional patrols on this space over the weekend, realizing how continuously it occurs.