This is the extraordinary moment a boy racer wiped out more than £500,000 of supercars including a McLaren, Porsche and a Bentley in a crash compared to a scene from a ‘Fast and the Furious’ movie today.
The driver of an Audi Q7 4×4 lost control of his vehicle and ploughed into a row of 11 luxury supercars in Moore Street, Chelsea – but has not yet been arrested because of his injuries.
Astonishing footage obtained by MailOnline shows the two cars speeding along a street near Sloane Square just moments before the crash.
The second car – the Audi Q7 – chases after a Porsche but loses control and slams into a row of parked cars, flipping over at high speed and cartwheeling down the road.
One resident of the street has revealed her £200,000 blue McLaren, £40,000 Porsche Cayenne and navy blue £200,000 Bentley Bentayga have been destroyed.
This is the moment an Audi chasing a Porsche slammed into parked cars in Chelsea in an extraordinary high speed crash in the early hours of this morning
The boy racer sent the parked cars flying and carwheeled down the road before coming to a halt
Police survey the carnage in Moore Street, Chelsea overnight where 11 cars worth in excess of £500,000 were written off or damaged
She said: ‘It’s very dangerous. Originally when we bought this house but now it’s just crippled with crime and issues with cars racing around this time of the year. We’ve lived here for two years and have had to deal with this for a while.
’11 cars were damaged – my three cars, the blue McLaren, the Porsche Cayenne and the navy blue Bentley Bentayga were all damaged. We feel lucky [not to have been hurt].’
Residents said super cars racing along the deserted streets around Belgravia and Sloane Square has become an increasing problem.
Most of those racing are Arabs visiting London for the summer and the driver of the car involved in the crash is said to be from the Middle East.
For years residents of Chelsea and Knightsbridge have complained about drag-racing of supercars through their streets, especially during the summer months.
Neighbours told MailOnline how they ran outside fearing the worst and found the driver staggering around with blood pouring from his head.
He was taken to hospital where he remains with a serious head injury that is not considered life threatening.
Eyewitnesses described the aftermath as something out of the Hollywood film ‘Fast and the Furious’ that involves spectacular car chases and crashes.
This blur of metal is the Audi striking the McLaren, Porsche and Bentley Bentayga belonging to one resident
And this is the scene this morning at the same spot where the cars were towed away by police
Summer Haider rushed outside her home in Moore Street after hearing what she thought was a helicopter crashing in the street.
‘I really thought there had been some sort of explosion, like a helicopter coming down,’ she said.
‘There was just carnage. A Porsche that had been parked in the road was pushed up on the pavement and was in the metal railings.
‘I went over to the car and the driver got out. There was blood coming from his head and he started to say he was being chased. Having seen some CCTV we now know that was a lie.
‘He was taken away in an ambulance and the other car just disappeared.’
‘It is terrifying to think of what could have happened’.
Vicar’s wife Elizabeth Neville said she too was woken by the sound of the collision that involved a total of 10 cars.
‘There was lots of shouting a swearing from guy after the crash. It was mayhem.’
‘There have been cars racing down here before. What worries me is that around the time the crash happened my daughter is sometimes walking home. It is just awful.’
The Audi Q7 slammed into a McClaren sports car, Bentley and two Porches. Two of the cars belonged to a resident who was on holiday at the time.
One of the Porches’s remained parked in the street with its front bonnet caved in while the others had been towed away.
Glass and other debris from the wrecked cars still lay on the pavement and in the front garden on the £3m home where the front railings were damaged.
Viola Pemberton-Pigot, whose front black railings were destroyed was at her basement kitchen sink when the crash happened.
She said:’ Luckily I was behind curtains and did not see it, but I certainly heard the crash. It was an terrible noise
‘All the neighbours came out. I don’t think they could really believe but we are all just grateful that no one was hurt. It could have been so much worse.
Police, fire and an ambulance attended the crash which is understood to have been captured on CCTV cameras owned by Westminster Council.
A local resident said:’ It is becoming a big problem and always takes places in the summer. I am still shaking from seeing what happened and fearing what could have happened. If someone had been walking along the street at that time they would have been killed.
‘The police have to do something about this. We have been in contact with the council. It has got to stop.’
A police spokesman said:Police were called to Moore Street, SW3 at 0031hrs on Monday August 5 following a collision between a car and number of parked cars. A male driver and passenger from the car involved were taken to hospital for the treatment of head injuries. Their condition is not believed to be life threatening. The driver however continue to receive treatment for serious head injuries. All of the parked cars were empty at the time of the collision. No arrests have been made. Enquiries into the full circumstances continue.’