Chaos reigned in Texas over the weekend with a video showing spectators hit with flames from an out-of-control street race. On Saturday night, officers swarmed to an intersection commandeered by a street race and a massive crowd.
In a video, a pickup truck is seen driving through fire while doing donuts at the intersection in Austin, Texas.
As the truck drove over the flames on the ground, a small explosion spews fire toward a crowd of people who were briefly engulfed by the flames.
Multiple people in the video are seen on fire as they strip off their clothes and run for safety, as others attempt to pat them down while still cheering and laughing.
In another video, a cop car is seen speedily reversing away from a crowd shining their torches at the vehicle.
Several police vehicles were damaged after the unruly crowd began throwing fireworks, bottles, rocks, and pointing lasers at cops on the scene.
Some in the crowd are seen tossing objects at the vehicle, as the officers avoid possible injury.
No details on injuries have been released over the flame clip, but officers have arrested two people for evading arrest and are still investigating the incident.
Austin Police Department added in a statement: “One officer sustained a non-life-threatening injury, was treated at a local hospital, and was released.
“APD is committed to stopping this conduct. Lawbreaking in this manner will result in enforcement and arrest. Our community’s safety is the #1 priority for APD.”
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The chaos didn’t end until nearly two in the morning after the crowd began to disperse.
Takeovers, like the one in the video, usually involve hundreds of people and multiple cars gathering in an unauthorised area like an intersection or interstate and blocking traffic while performing dangerous and chaotic stunts and activities.
“God bless our brave men and women in blue!” State Rep. Jeff Leach wrote on Twitter after the incident.
“Especially those working in cities where they’re undervalued, underpaid and under attack, like in Austin.”
“We should come together as a community to figure out how to keep this from happening again, how to keep our community safe, and how to enable our law enforcement to respond in a quick and effective manner,” Rep. Vikki Goodwin added.
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