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More Details, Reactions Behind Vince McMahons Car Wreck
🕑 Added 2025-07-30 17:33:15 +0000 UTCVince McMahon was involved in a car accident last week.
McMahon's entire front passenger wheel ended up off as a result of the accident, and since news of the situation emerged, a ton of reactions have poured in from the wrestling world.
Longtime employees and those close to Vince McMahon claimed that it was a "joke, but serious," within the company for many years that Vince was an erratic driver. To the point where some in his close circle would intentionally not ride with him when offered. This isn't a new thing with age, and has been the case dating back decades from what we're told.
There were many when the news broke that suspected McMahon simply typically had a driver and hadn't been driving much lately. However, we're told that isn't exactly true. One source close to McMahon told Fightful that naturally he will be driven places on occasion, but that happened a lot more when he was on the road with WWE, and that he's always enjoyed driving himself. That same source said they believed it made McMahon feel "grounded," while jokingly noting that while mentioning he drives a car that costs $250,000.
Here was the story as it ran on Fightful
"According to a recent report by TMZ, former WWE CEO Vince McMahon was involved in a car accident. The outlet described the accident as “bad,” and his 2024 Bentley was “mangled.” However, no serious injuries were reported. It is said that the accident occurred early Thursday morning, July 24, 2025, just hours before news of Hulk Hogan’s passing broke.
Vince McMahon’s 2024 Bentley was heading north on Route 15 in Westport, Connecticut, when it struck a 2023 BMW 430 and collided with a wooden-beam guardrail. The crash reportedly scattered debris across the highway, which was then hit by a third vehicle, a southbound Ford Fusion. The impact was strong enough to deploy airbags in both the Bentley and the BMW. All three drivers were wearing seatbelts, and each vehicle had to be towed from the scene.
McMahon received a misdemeanor summons for reckless driving and following too closely, leading to an accident. He is scheduled to appear in court in late August 2025.
Later that day, Vince McMahon would release a statement on the passing of Hulk Hogan. Fans can read that statement here.
Fightful will continue to monitor the story and report any updates.
Vince McMahon stepped down from WWE/TKO in January 2024 following a lawsuit filed by former employee Janel Grant, who accused him of sexual assault and sex trafficking. The case remains ongoing
Barbara Dolan, 72, founder and CEO of BD8 Capital Partners, gave her account of the accident in a public post on Facebook.
Lucky to have survived a horrific car crash on the way up to catch the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard last Thursday morning. Both cars totaled. Vince McMahon @Mr. McMahon /#VinceMcMahon, former chair of WWE, hit me going 80-90mph as I drove in the right lane of the narrow Merritt Highway (built in the 1930s). I and the dog are mostly fine, but was lucky to have kept control of the car, more or less, as I shot off the road after being catapulted over 100 yards.
An unmarked state trooper had been following him as he sped in and out of cars down the highway and had just turned his lights on to pull Mcmahon over, but he was not in time. Both front wheels of McMahon’s Bentley were sheared off, and his airbags deployed, probably saving him from significant injury.
The trooper told me afterwards that McMahon saw me last minute and swerved, smashing into my left rear, but that if he had hit me full on, there might’ve been a very different ending for me.
Amazing that no other cars were hit, and that I got out of the car, hands shaking for a good twenty minutes, but otherwise seemingly unscathed (stiff neck later, etc., and full battery of hospital scans and bloodwork. Time will tell I am told.).
Oddly, Hulk Hogan, who made McMahon’s fame and fortune, died about the same time as the accident.
McMahon was issued a misdemeanor summons for violating two Connecticut General Statutes: 14-222 (Reckless Driving) and 14-240(b) (Following Too Closely Resulting in an Accident). He was released on a $500 non-surety bond and is scheduled to appear at Stamford Superior Court on August 26, 2025.
According to a Connecticut State Police accident summary (via POST Wrestling), a 2024 Bentley Continental GT driven by McMahon collided with the rear of a 2023 BMW 430, which Dolan was driving. McMahon’s vehicle then struck approximately 30 feet of the median’s wooden beam guardrail.
Debris from the collision with the guardrail was flung into the southbound lanes, where it was struck by a 2020 Ford Fusion, which was being driven by a 27-year-old male.
POST Wrestling notes “the driver of the Ford Fusion has a name that matches with an online profile for a WWE digital content staffer based in Connecticut, and whose college start year is consistent with the birthdate on the incident report, assuming typical enrollment age.”
All three drivers were reportedly wearing seatbelts and no injuries were evident."
Comments
BugabooJonez
accurate
Shannon Willis
I have never heard of a high profile car accident such as this. And I imagine another lawsuit is coming for Vince. At least everyone seems ok, but wow.
The Mythical Jason the Cabbie
Of all the times for safety measures to work properly...
