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Viral video of Cybertruck vs. Lamborghini street race leads to arrest of both drivers

Farifax County Real Time Crime Center detectives were alerted to the video and were able identify both drivers; both were charged with racing and stopping on the highway

By Mark Price
Merced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)

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

Video circulated on social media shows the Cybertruck — which can cost around $101,985 — appeared to win.

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

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

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

The video not only shows the drivers mid-race, but a city street sign in the background gives the exact location.

Detectives said the 48-year-old Cybertruck driver turned himself in Nov. 1 and was charged with racing and stopping on the highway. He lives in Vienna, about a 2-mile drive southwest from 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 change, police said. He lives in Sterling, about a 15-mile drive northwest from Tysons, police said

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

Tysons is about a 15-mile drive west from Washington, D.C.

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