Viral Cybertruck-Lamborghini Race Helps Va. Police Nab drivers

By means of Mark price

Source Merced Sun-Star (Merced, California)

Illegal street racing was taken to an absurd level in Northern Virginia when a Tesla Cybertruck was pitted against a Lamborghini in broad daylight, investigators said.

Video circulating on social media shows that the Cybertruck – which can cost around $101,985 – appeared to win.

However, both drivers lost when that video became evidence for Fairfax County police, officials said.

“On October 29, a Real Time Crime Center detective was alerted to a circulating video on social media showing a Tesla Cybertruck and Lamborghini illegally racing near Leesburg Pike and Westwood Center Drive in Tysons on October 13,” police said in a press release.

“Detectives were able to identify the driver of the Cybertruck… and the driver of the Lamborghini.”

Not only does the video show the drivers in the middle of the race, but a street sign in the background indicates the exact location.

Detectives said the 48-year-old Cybertruck driver turned himself in on Nov. 1 and was charged with racing and stopping on the highway. He lives in Vienna, about a two-mile drive southwest of Tysons, police said.

The 37-year-old Lamborghini driver was found and arrested the same day and charged with racing, stopping on the highway and two counts of improper lane changes, police said. He lives in Sterling, about a 15-mile drive northwest of Tysons, police said

A third man remains wanted after video showed him standing on the road to serve as a “flagger” to start the race, officials said.

Tysons is located approximately 15 miles west of Washington, DC

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