When a sedan plows directly into your $600K McLaren at 2:30 PM on a Scottsdale road, you’re not usually thinking about your insurance deductible first. You’re thinking: what just happened?
That’s exactly what former Major League Baseball star Trevor Bauer experienced on Wednesday when his McLaren 765LT got t-boned on the driver’s side. Video obtained from the scene shows the moment immediately after impact—Bauer slides across the passenger seat, exits the crumpled exotic car, and his first words to a bystander are pure instinct:“Dude, what the f***?”
The crash was violent enough to spin the McLaren out, send it jumping a curb, and wrap it partially around a street pole. The other vehicle’s front end was demolished, with debris scattered across the road. Yet somehow, miraculously, neither driver was injured. No one was transported to the hospital, and emergency officials confirmed everyone walked away okay—physically, at least.
Here’s where it gets interesting: while police haven’t determined official fault, people close to Bauer say he was driving in his lane, following the speed limit, when the other driver crossed into his path. That would make this one of those intersection moments where fractions of a second and split-second decisions determine whether you’re going home with a story or going to the hospital with injuries. Bauer got lucky on both counts.
A Cy Young award winner, Bauer’s had his share of headlines over the years—both on and off the field. But this one’s purely circumstance: wrong place, wrong time, wrong angle of impact. The McLaren won’t be so fortunate. As for Bauer, he’s got plenty to be thankful for beyond his baseball accolades.
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