Ex-WWE chief Vince McMahon was concerned in a high-speed automotive crash final Thursday (July 24) round 9 am, the identical time pro-wrestling legend Hulk Hogan is believed to have handed away.
Based on the crash report obtained by TMZ, the incident occurred in Connecticut on Thursday morning when McMahon’s 2024 Bentley rammed into the again of a 2023 BMW 430 and collided with a median wooden-beam guardrail. Particles from the accident landed on the left facet of the two-lane freeway, inflicting a 3rd automobile to crash.
The influence induced the airbags to be deployed on McMahon’s Bentley and the BMW. All three drivers had been sporting seatbelts, and no one was injured within the collision, although all three automobiles wanted to be towed from the scene.
Barbara Doran, the girl driving the BMW, later took to Fb to share photographs from the crash and clarify her facet of the story. “Fortunate to have survived a horrific automotive crash on the way in which as much as catch the ferry to Martha’s Winery final Thursday morning. Each automobiles totaled,” she wrote.
She continued, “Vince McMahon, former chair of WWE, hit me going 80-90mph as I drove in the correct lane of the slim Merritt Freeway. I and the canine are principally effective, however was fortunate to have saved management of the automotive, kind of, as I shot off the street after being catapulted over 100 yards.”
Doran added that an “unmarked state trooper” had been following the 79-year-old McMahon as he “sped out and in of automobiles down the freeway.”
“Each entrance wheels of McMahon’s Bentley had been sheared off and his airbags deployed, most likely saving him from vital damage,” she added. “The trooper instructed me afterwards that McMahon noticed me final minute and swerved, smashing into my left rear, however that if he had hit me full on, there may’ve been a really totally different ending for me.”
Per TMZ, McMahon was issued a misdemeanor summons for reckless driving and following too carefully leading to an accident. He’s scheduled to seem in court docket late subsequent month.
Hogan, who performed a major function within the success and recognition of McMahon’s WWE, died on Thursday morning following a medical emergency at his house in Clearwater, Florida. McMahon paid tribute to the Hulkster on social media later that day.
“Hulk Hogan was the best WWE Celebrity of ALL TIME, somebody who was liked and admired around the globe,” McMahon wrote on X. “He was a trailblazer, the primary performer who transitioned from being a wrestling star into a worldwide phenomenon.”
McMahon stepped down as CEO and chairman of WWE in June 2022 following allegations of sexual misconduct and hush-money funds. Nonetheless, he returned to the corporate simply six months later, overseeing content material growth. In January 2024, following additional stories of sexual assault from former WWE worker Janel Grant, McMahon resigned from WWE and its father or mother firm, TKO.