ATLANTA — Street racers hit a busy street in midtown Atlanta.
Channel 2 Action News received video posted on Facebook at the Peachtree Street overpass at Interstate 85 near the Brookwood Amtrak station.
The video showed the large crowd watching as a car is doing donuts and someone is shooting fireworks.
Atlanta has seen a rise in street racers shutting down busy streets and interstate to perform their stunts. In March, video showed drivers blocking I-285 in Clayton County so that they could do donuts in the middle of the interstate. It happened under Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport’s fifth runway.
State leaders are looking at ways to crack down on the dangerous racing, by fining both the drivers and the spectators.
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