West Sacramento sideshow ends in a single-vehicle crash and police detaining four juveniles
The West Sacramento Police Department broke up a sideshow in a mostly residential neighborhood Friday night and ultimately detained four juveniles suspected of involvement.
Police wrote on Facebook that the sideshow — the term used for illegal exhibitions of vehicle stunts — took place in the area of two parallel streets: Kegle Drive and Julian Drive. When officers arrived, they saw “a large group of people” and about 30 vehicles, including one Dodge Charger doing doughnuts at an intersection. Officers attempted to stop the driver who left “at a high rate of speed.”
Officers chose not to initiate a vehicle pursuit because the area was crowded, police said. A 2022 Sacramento Bee investigation found that police vehicle pursuits are dangerous and that a high number of them result in injuries or even death. Often, the victims are innocent bystanders.
Police said that the Charger drove about a mile away and was near the studios of KOVR-TV, known as CBS 13, on Reed Avenue when the driver crashed the car. Officers detained four people, all under the age of 18, who they said were fleeing the vehicle. The car, police said, had been reported stolen in Modesto.
The department said in its statement that the investigation was ongoing.
