Remember the viral jumping Tesla video? Well, that popular stunt did not end well since it destroyed a Subaru owned by a musician.
A Tesla car drives through a tunnel in the Central Station during a media preview of the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop on April 9, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop is an underground transportation system that is the first commercial project by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company. The USD 52.5 million loop.
What makes this matter worst is that the Subaru vehicle is the only means of transportation for Jordan Hook. The footage of the jumping Tesla went trending on various social media platforms, such as YouTube and TikTok.
Musician Jordan Hook is the owner of a Subaru that was hit by a flying Tesla over the weekend in Echo Park. The Tesla driver abandoned his car in a hit-and-run.
Hook is now without a car. pic.twitter.com/ci4RG45TIn— Nathan Solis (@tarantulaarms) March 21, 2022
The scenario happened in Los Angeles' Echo Park neighborhood. At first, many individuals took this EV stunt as a joke, saying that Tesla has a new feature that allows it to fly.
But, it was just a Tesla speeding up on a sloping road and crashing at the bottom.
Jumping Tesla Destroys Musician's Subaru
According to The Drive's latest report, the Tesla vehicle lost control after jumping a few meters. Unfortunately, it slammed into a street-parked Subaru Forester, owned by Jordan Hook.
A view of a fully electric Tesla car on an assembly line at the new Tesla Motors car factory in Tilburg, the Netherlands, during the opening and launch of the new factory, on August 22, 2013. The American electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors, led by American-South African inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk.
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Since he can't afford to fix the damage, he is left with no choice but to raise a GoFundMe goal. Luckily, many kind-hearted individuals donated so that he could fix his Subaru.
The main goal of Hook's GoFundMe is to raise $20,000. But, the current donations have already reached more than $22,000. If you want to help the musician, you can visit this link.
Right now, the police department in the Echo Park neighborhood is still investigating the incident since it is considered a hit-and-run. They said that unknown individuals only rented the Tesla Model S involved in the accident.
LAPD Issues $1,000 Reward
Los Angeles Times reported that the unknown Tesla Model S driver is now facing a misdemeanor for the hit-and-run. If you check the video, there are a lot of guys filming the incident.
However, their faces were not shown in the video. As of the moment, the LAPD is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone who can provide essential details about the identity of the Tesla driver.
In other news, Elon Musk finally opened a Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin. Meanwhile, Tesla is now considered the best EV automaker in the United States.
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Written by: Griffin Davis
