Reward offered for information on driver who jumped Tesla in Echo Park

A failed stunt in Echo Park has the LAPD providing a reward for info that results in the arrest of a driver of a rented Tesla that went airborne earlier than colliding with two parked automobiles.

Video of the Sunday morning crash was shared by the Los Angeles Police Division Central Division on YouTube.

The LAPD stated a driver of a rented 2018 Tesla S-BLM carried out a harmful stunt close to the intersection of Baxter and Alvarado streets round 12:10 a.m. The video reveals the Tesla headed towards an intersection at a excessive fee of pace when it all of the sudden catches air after which comes down laborious on its entrance wheels.

The automobile then crashed into a number of trash cans and two parked automobiles, the LAPD stated.

The driving force of the Tesla deserted the automobile and fled the scene. No description of the motive force was launched by police.

Detectives might be contacting the one who rented the Tesla to find out in the event that they have been the motive force within the viral video.

As a part of the Los Angeles Police Division’s Hit and Run Reward Program Belief Fund, a $1,000 reward is out there for anybody locally who is ready to present info that results in the identification of the motive force.

Anybody with info on this hit-and-run is urged to contact Detective Juan Campos at 213-833-3713. You too can submit an nameless tip on lacrimestoppers.org.

The Police Division is reminding drivers in crashes to comply with the regulation: verify on everybody concerned within the crash, change info and name 911 if anybody is critically injured. Fleeing from a crash can flip a misdemeanor site visitors quotation into prison fees, police stated.