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Body Camera Footage Shows Vince McMahon’s 100-MPH Bentley Crash in Connecticut

John Lloyd February 28, 2026 2 minutes read
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Vince McMahon-Crash Video

Connecticut State Police have released body camera footage showing Vince McMahon driving over 100 mph before crashing his Bentley Continental GT Speed on July 24, 2025, on Route 15 near Exit 15 in Westport. According to authorities, McMahon swerved into another lane, struck a BMW, hit a guardrail, and totaled his Bentley. No serious injuries were reported in the crash.

What the Footage Shows

Police said a state trooper attempted to catch up to McMahon after clocking his speed climbing to nearly 115 mph. The released video shows McMahon braking behind a BMW before abruptly moving left, at which point his Bentley made contact with the guardrail and rear-ended the vehicle ahead. Debris scattered across the highway as the Bentley came to rest on the shoulder, smoking from the impact, with the airbag deployed and a window shattered.

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McMahon, 80, told the trooper he was on his way to his granddaughter’s birthday and denied attempting to flee the scene. He said he hadn’t driven in a long time and acknowledged the vehicle’s speed, and he declined medical attention at the scene.

The Other Driver’s Account

The driver of the BMW, identified by police as Barbara Doran, was not seriously injured, and McMahon was later seen on the roadside apologizing to her. In a social media post that was later deleted, Doran said she managed to maintain partial control of her vehicle after being forced off the road, and suggested the outcome could have been considerably worse had the collision played out differently.

Where the Case Stands Legally

Authorities charged McMahon with misdemeanor reckless driving and following too closely resulting in an accident. In October, a judge granted him entry into a pretrial diversion program, with conditions that include a $1,000 donation and proof of proper licensing and insurance. If McMahon meets those conditions, the charges will be dismissed entirely. For now, the case remains under court supervision pending completion of that agreement, meaning nothing here has been legally resolved as a conviction, and the footage’s release doesn’t change the terms already set by the court.

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John Lloyd is a staff writer at Backfire News, where he writes about the messier, more entertaining side of the car world—celebrity rides, motorsports drama, and whatever weird automotive thing happened to blow up online that week. He's drawn to the spot where cars meet culture. One day that's breaking down why some celebrity just dropped a fortune on a hypercar; the next it's figuring out why a particular model is suddenly all over everyone's feed. He likes giving readers the context behind the headline, usually with a little attitude. The way John sees it, most people don't think of cars as just transportation. They're status symbols, money pits, lifelong obsessions, and occasionally pure chaos—and that's exactly the stuff worth writing about. You'll usually find him covering celebrity collections, viral car-culture moments, motorsports headlines, high-performance machines, and the trends moving the resale market.

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