CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Some residents of the Marquette Park area say something has to be done about late-night car "meet-ups" or "take-overs" after one turned violent last Saturday night.
Cellphone video captured the scene: The parking lot of a warehouse on 2800 West Columbus Avenue.
People were jumping on cars. An SUV hits and rolls over someone.
A woman who lives near the scene of the latest incident spoke to CBS 2.
"You just see all these people running. It's scary," she said. "I mean, have a 2-year-old, and my mom is always like concerned about her safety – and I mean, every other weekend, the cars are coming by."
Derrick Curtis is the Alderman of the 18th Ward.
"It's a very dangerous game that they're playing," he told CBS 2.
"Cars are revving up and racing down 79th Street – anywhere where they find a stretch of streets and roads where they can race."
This is a trend and it’s not just happening in Marquette Park. People block roads sometimes. Cars race and do donuts. Many are shooting video and partying.
One recent incident caught on a state trooper’s dash cam shows a crowd that had blocked a street jumping on his car and breaking the windshield.
One man who was at the Saturday night gathering said they were just there to have fun.
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