WESTPORT, Conn. — Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon is accused of inflicting a crash on a Connecticut freeway that wrecked his Bentley and broken two different vehicles, just a few hours earlier than Hulk Hogan’s death hit the information and he was quoted praising the wrestling icon.
McMahon was cited for reckless driving and following too intently after final Thursday morning’s crash on the Merritt Parkway in Westport, state police stated in a report. Nobody was injured. He was launched on a $500 bond and ordered to look in Stamford Superior Court docket on Aug. 26.
Representatives for McMahon didn’t instantly return electronic mail messages on Wednesday.
TMZ first reported the crash on Tuesday and revealed photographs taken by one of many folks concerned within the crash that confirmed heavy harm to the entrance finish of McMahon’s 2024 Bentley Continental GT Pace. The photographs additionally confirmed rear-end harm to a BMW 430 he struck.
The police report stated McMahon was driving northbound on the parkway, often known as Route 15, when he rear-ended the BMW and crashed right into a wood guardrail. A automotive touring within the southbound lanes struck particles from the crash that flew over the guardrail, state police stated.
There have been no passengers within the vehicles and all three drivers have been carrying their seat belts, police stated. The air baggage in McMahon’s automotive and the BMW deployed.
McMahon stepped down as WWE’s CEO in 2022 amid an organization investigation into sexual misconduct allegations. He additionally resigned as government chairman of the board of administrators of TKO Group Holdings, the dad or mum firm of WWE, final 12 months, a day after a former WWE worker filed a sexual abuse lawsuit towards him. McMahon has denied the allegations. The lawsuit stays pending.
McMahon purchased what was then the World Wrestling Federation in 1982 and remodeled it from a regional wrestling firm right into a worldwide phenomenon. Moreover working the corporate together with his spouse, Linda, who’s now the U.S. schooling secretary, he additionally carried out at WWE occasions as himself.