By Steven Symes 
A 30-year-old Los Angeles man is dead after he rented an Aston Martin through Turo, led California Highway Patrol on a high-speed chase, then crashed. But the weird part is he didn’t die in the wreck. And media reports around the whole thing are just as strange.
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Unfortunately, the man who rented out his Aston Martin through Turo believes the luxury sports car is totaled. It slammed into a light pole at speed, and you can clearly see the front driver’s wheel is ripped off, the fender is damaged, and there’s likely more structural and mechanical damage hidden from view.
Police originally started chasing the rented vehicle because the driver was speeding, allegedly going 75 mph on surface streets. When police tried pulling him over, he went even faster. Clearly, the guy was enjoying all of the power from the British sports car and seemed to think the cops just couldn’t keep up with him.
But as often happens in chases with high-powered rides, the suspect got carried away, lost control, and wrecked out. He didn’t stop fleeing, hopping out of the pricey car and running away on foot. Police officers tackled him to the ground and arrested the guy.
A short while later, he reportedly started vomiting, then went into cardiac arrest, and eventually died. Why that happened is the subject of an investigation, but plenty of people are speculating the man swallowed product he was selling or delivering.
Considering the whole incident unfolded in Boyle Heights, which isn’t exactly a high-end neighborhood in Los Angeles, that’s fueled theories of drug trafficking/selling as a motive for the crime. It does seem off, but we’re curious to see what the authorities find.
In the meantime, most reports on this chase say something along the lines of the suspect renting the Aston Martin from a luxury car service, instead of naming Turo. That’s odd. We don’t know if they just don’t understand what Turo is, which at this point is kind of hard to believe, or what’s going on.
Pour one out for the Aston Martin, because it’s probably headed to Copart.
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