PHILADELPHIA - A group of drivers caused chaos on the streets in Philadelphia’s Spring Garden neighborhood over the weekend.
This isn’t the first time a street "takeover" has happened, and residents say they are fed up."It’s just a dangerous situation and it just, it just sends a signal to people to not come downtown because crazy stud goes on.
I mean, it’s not a shooting, but it’s still dangerous," said Jim Pavlock, who lives in Spring Garden. On Saturday, around 10:30 p.m., hundreds of drivers gathered near the Philadelphia Art Museum, wreaking havoc by racing, and burning rubber doing donuts in their cars, an event that some of the participants call a "takeover."Concerned onlookers say the scene was out of control.
Drivers clogged intersections, making it difficult for police to respond and disperse the crowd. "The guy was out of control," said Pavlock. "I mean obviously he was spinning around, spinning around and cars were blocking the entire intersection and people were trying to get by.