Overview
- Deputies identified the driver as 36-year-old Calvin Curtis Johnson, who was treated at a hospital and booked on grand theft and driving with a suspended or canceled license.
- The BMW’s owner had left the convertible unlocked with the keys in a closed cupholder at Bicentennial Park in Ormond Beach, according to the sheriff’s office.
- Witnesses and deputies reported the stolen car reached more than 100 mph, with some accounts citing about 130 mph, before crashing at Old Dixie Highway and Plantation Oaks Boulevard.
- Body-camera video shows Johnson telling deputies he had teleported into the car and saying, "You saved me from the aliens."
- Bystanders and deputies pulled Johnson from the wrecked vehicle, and officials used the incident to remind residents to secure their cars while visiting parks.