Moment crazed monster truck driver crushes cars and people at 'Rednecks with Paychecks' event

Video footage captured the infinitesimal a crazed monster motortruck operator crushed unsuspecting cars and injured radical astatine the yearly 'Rednecks with Paychecks' gathering successful Saint Jo, Texas.

Jonathan Earl Reid, 36, of Crockett, faces 5 felony charges of aggravated battle with a deadly limb aft the shocking incidental connected September 21.

According to witnesser statements, the terrifying ordeal began erstwhile Reid got into a verbal altercation with respective individuals aft striking a UTV.

The concern escalated rapidly erstwhile Reid allegedly proclaimed, 'If the conveyance doesn't person an eight-foot emblem connected it, I tin deed it,' KFDX/KJTL reported.

Angry attendees reportedly began hurling rocks and brew cans astatine Reid's vehicle, starring him to usage the monolithic monster motortruck to tally implicit different vehicles and people.

Witnesses described a horrifying country arsenic Reid allegedly enactment his monster motortruck successful reverse, slamming into adjacent vehicles earlier shifting into thrust and accelerating rapidly.

The monolithic conveyance past struck a Jeep SUV, rolling implicit the apical of it with radical scrambling to flight its path.

Reid reportedly continued his rampage, crushing different UTV and striking victims.

In total, 5 victims were identified, ranging successful property from 26 to 67 and hailing from Kansas, Texas, and New Mexico, constabulary told the outlet.

Two of the victims required hospitalization. Their existent information is unclear astatine this time. 

The incidental sparked panic among the crowd, with 1 911 caller initially reasoning 1 idiosyncratic had been killed, though authorities person not confirmed immoderate deaths.

Event information managed to detain Reid earlier instrumentality enforcement arrived connected the scene.

Police collected astatine slightest 21 written statements from witnesses, galore of whom identified Reid arsenic the perpetrator.

The Montague County Sheriff's Office reports that Reid was booked into the region jailhouse successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday greeting but was released that aforesaid evening aft posting bonds totaling $200,000.