Video shows Vince McMahon crashing Bentley at 100 mph with Connecticut police in pursuit
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Westport, CT - WWE co-founder Vince McMahon said he was rushing to his granddaughter's birthday when a Connecticut State Police detective asked why he was driving over 100 mph when he slammed into the back of another car while the trooper was trying to pull him over on the Merritt Parkway last summer.
State police body and dash cam video obtained by CT Insider shows McMahon's Bentley Continental GT speeding ahead of the detective, slamming into the back of a woman's car and then careening off a guardrail on the left side of the highway. McMahon then continued driving northbound on the Merritt as the trooper pursued with his lights on before eventually pulling to the side of the highway, the video shows.
State Police Detective Maxwell Robins' body camera footage showed McMahon's steering wheel airbag had deployed as the officer approached the vehicle.
The 79-year-old can be heard cursing at himself as Robins pointed out that the 542-horsepower Continental GT is a fast car while asking, "why were you driving 100 mph?"
McMahon said it was because it was his granddaughter's birthday.
McMahon received a misdemeanor summons for reckless driving and following too closely resulting in an accident, which occurred July 24 near the old Exit 41 on the northbound side of the Merritt Parkway in Westport. He was released at the scene on a $500 bond.