‘Burnouts and fireworks on the roof of a building’; Hundreds gather for illegal car meet in south London
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519 Meets organized a car rally in south London on Saturday in a Value Village parking lot, and it turned out to be their largest ever.
What was intended as a meet up of car enthusiasts over the weekend, quickly got out of hand.
519 Meets organized a car rally in south London on Saturday in a Value Village parking lot, and it turned out to be their largest ever.
“It was pretty awesome, that's for sure,” says Aiden Armstrong who attended the event on his motorcycle. “But, a lot of stuff went down like burnouts, revving, fireworks”.
Reynold VanHerpe owns the Trek cycling shop right next door. He was called back to his shop after his alarm went off when someone was banging on the glass and urinating on the exterior of his business.
“I was ok with the rally next door, but be respectful,” says Van Herpe, who estimates there were a few hundred cars and motorcycles.
“There was cars everywhere. They were lighting fireworks on the Value Village roof. Pedestrians blocked off Wellington completely and they were doing donuts in the middle of Wellington Road.”
