CALIFORNIA – Sickening footage has shown the horror moment a car ploughs into a costumed crowd attending a Halloween event in California.
Videos posted to social media show a Halloween night celebration in Anaheim, California, descended into chaos after a black car smashed into a group of people. One clip posted to X, formerly Twitter, shows smoke rising from the ground as the vehicle screeched towards the crowd at what appears to have been an outdoors fancy dress event.
The car was one of several appearing in videos posted on the platform on Thursday night, with others showing different cars – one green – speeding around an open street in the US city. The vehicles can be seen skidding and “drifting” on the road as they performed donuts around the tightly packed throngs before disaster struck.
One sickening clip showed the black car skidding to a halt and drifting sideways before catching several people in its momentum and dragging them along. A man can be heard shouting “oh no” as several others nearby rush to their aid, with one man dressed in a Winnie the Pooh costume seen frantically dashing forward.
Additional clips have also shown the aftermath, with a significant police presence called to the scene.
(With agency)