LOS ANGELES (KNX) – Video of a Tesla performing a stunt and crashing into parked cars in Echo Park has gone viral.
The incident occurred on Sunday at 12:10 a.m. in the 1900 block of Baxter Street, according to Central Traffic detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Multiple videos show the black Tesla speeding over a hill, flying in the air, before crashing into two parked cars and multiple trash cans.
One of the cars belonged to Jordan Hook, who told ABC 7 he found the Tesla abandoned.
"When I got out here everybody had left and there was just an abandoned Tesla still turned on smashed into the back of my car," he said.
"Neighbors immediately started showing me videos of several Teslas that came down the hill following the one that jumped and crashed and they piled out of that crash."
The stunt was shared on social media outlets, including YouTube and Tiktok, and went viral.
Central Traffic detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department posted the video Sunday afternoon and said they were searching for the suspect.
Just before 9 p.m., the Central Traffic Division said it received “over 50 tips” about the stunt and that 90 percent of those tips pointed to Dominykas Zeglaitis, a social media influencer who goes by the name “Durte Dom.”
“(Zeglaitis) is considered a person of interest based on the public postings on his account,” officials said. “We are asking the public to no longer send us any more tips regarding @dominykasor. We have reached out to him on his social media account. We are asking any witnesses to also come forward.”
Zeglaitis appeared to have taken credit for the stunt by posting a Tiktok with a screenshot of an article that featured his stunt. In the video he wrote, “LAPD didn’t like my stunt” and captioned the TikTok, “yall (sic) better pay my bail.”
He also posted another video of media coverage of the stunt, writing on the video “we made the news!” with a caption reading, “look mom i’m famous.”
On Sunday night, Zeglaitis posted a tweet of of the video with the caption "smh these gummies got me zooted" and in the video claims "i just crashed my new tesla."
The same video shows him eating Gassy gummies with a Snapchat filter that says "Homie took just took his fifth one" as Zeglaitis is seen eating the gummy.
The gummies he is seen eating, Gassy gummies, are the Watermelon Ice flavor and according to the company website , have "25 milligrams of Delta-8 in each piece."
"Made with pure Delta-8 distillate extracted from organically-grown hemp, these gummies are infused with the highest quality of lab-tested Delta-8 distillate," the company wrote.
Gassy quote tweeted the video with the caption, "how it feels to chew gassy gummies buy 1, get 1 free."
A $1,000 reward is being offered to those who “provide information leading to the offender’s identification” and arrest.
A GoFundMe for Hook to get a new car was created and has raised over $4,300 so far.
Anyone with information is urged to call the LAPD at (213) 833-3713, or (877) 527-3247. Anonymous tips may be given by calling Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
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