800-pound wheel flies off monster truck during rally, careens out of arena and demolishes car in parking lot, wild video shows
An 800-pound tire flew off a monster truck performing at a Washington state rally, bounced out of the arena and landed on a patron's car — completely demolishing it, insane video shows.
Kitsap County monster truck fans got more than their money's worth this past weekend when the one dirt devil lost a tire while performing a jump at Thunderbird Arena in Bremerton as part of the Malicious Monster Truck Tour.
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Truck 'Veteran' lost its front left wheel while performing a jump at Malicious Monster Truck Tour show in Bremerton, Wa., this past weekend.
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Video shared online showed truck 'Veteran' lose its front shoe after a daring jump — sending the massive left tire careening towards a wall of the arena, according to Fox 13.
The tire then bounces over the first wall, then over the arena wall, hits a flag pole and lands in the parking lot — right on top of a parked car.
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'Holy s–t!,' someone in the crowd said. 'No way.'
'I hope someone's car didn't get totaled.'
However, one patron's vehicle was indeed crushed by that 800-pound flying rubber wheel.
The tire careened out of the interior track, out of the stadium, and into the parking lot, where it crushed a Kia sedan.
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A black Kia sedan had its rear windshield and the rear portion of its roof totally smashed by the impact.
No one was hurt by the unlikely event.
Last year, spectators at a monster truck show in Maine were electrocuted when a car dubbed 'Crushtation' struck a power line and dragged live wires on top of a crowd.
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