Authorities have released footage of former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon’s July 2025 car crash and his interactions with officers in the immediate aftermath.
POST Wrestling obtained the dashcam and body-worn camera recordings from the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection via a public records request on Friday. The records request was filed shortly after the collision occurred.
Dashcam video shows the 80-year-old weaving his Bentley Continental GT Speed through northbound traffic on Route 15 in Westport, Connecticut. McMahon then rear-ended a BMW driven by Barbara Doran, which sent his vehicle into the median.
The car struck a guardrail and scattered debris across the highway. Smoke billowed from the Bentley before it eventually pulled to the side of the road.
A state trooper approached the badly damaged vehicle and questioned McMahon about his extreme speed. The officer noted that he had struggled to catch up to the Bentley before the collision. The exchange can be heard via the officer’s body-worn camera.
Officer: Why were you driving over 100 miles an hour?
McMahon: It’s my granddaughter’s birthday. I gotta get — it’s the next exit.
Officer: Did you see me trying to catch up to you behind you?
McMahon: I didn’t see that. I saw lights, but it did look normal.
Officer: I’m trying to catch up to you, and you keep taking off.
McMahon: No, no. I’m not trying to outrun you.
Officer: I know. I understand that, but that’s why I was very confused. Because it wasn’t like you were running, it was just like you almost hit, I think, 115 miles an hour. And then you just hit someone because you weren’t paying attention. Were you looking at your phone?
McMahon: No, just trying to drive.
Officer: The person was right in front of you. There’s got to be a reason you hit them.
McMahon: I haven’t been driving my car in God knows how long.
Officer: It was right in front of you. You went straight at it at 100 miles an hour. I’m just making sure you’re not having a medical condition or anything. Do you need an ambulance?
McMahon: No.
McMahon then audibly berated himself while handing his registration and insurance documents to the officer, saying, “God damn it. Stupid fucking fool.”
McMahon asked authorities if anyone else suffered harm during the crash and expressed relief upon learning that the other motorists escaped uninjured.
After handing McMahon his court summons, officers shook his hand, with one saying, “Happy birthday to your granddaughter. Try to enjoy the rest of the day, alright.”
Doran previously detailed her experience in a now-deleted statement on Facebook. She estimated that McMahon hit her at 80 to 90 mph and catapulted her vehicle over 100 yards.
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.
State police issued McMahon a misdemeanor summons for reckless driving and following too closely. A Connecticut judge granted his entry into a pretrial probationary program last October.
The court will dismiss the charges against McMahon in October 2026 if he maintains proper licensing and insurance. The agreement also required a $1,000 charitable donation.
