Virita Carstaffin lives in concern “on daily basis” after a suspect rammed a four-wheeler into her crimson Tesla in an unprovoked hit-and-run assault final week, inflicting what she estimates to be 1000’s of {dollars} price of harm.
“I used to be surprised. I used to be upset,” Carstaffin mentioned Sunday on “Fox & Buddies Weekend.”
“He did fairly a bit (of harm). I estimate it to this point to be between $2,700 and $3,500.”
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Virita Carstaffin (left) and suspected vandal Demarqeyun Marquize Cox (proper). Carstaffin instructed Fox Information on Sunday that she suspects the injury Cox dealt to her Tesla to quantity to roughly $2,700 to $3,500. (Fox & Buddies/Screengrab)
Footage of the incident reveals 33-year-old Demarqeyun Marquize Cox ramming head-on into the Tesla’s entrance driver-side door after recognizing the automobile in a car parking zone exterior the Chinese language restaurant the place Carstaffin was eating on the time.
His alleged actions come as a wave of anti-Elon Musk activism has emerged nationwide – with some vandals carving fascistic symbols into Teslas, and others setting fireplace to them.
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Demarqeyun Cox allegedly used a mini four-wheeler to ram into a number of Tesla automobiles. (Texarkana Texas Police Division/Fb)
“It’s extremely horrible to know that you just’re both purchasing or consuming as I used to be, and also you come out to see that your automobile has been terrorized,” Carstaffin mentioned of the violence.
“The harmless bystanders that personal these automobiles should not be taken (harm) by different folks’s emotions with politics.”
Texarkana, Texas police arrested Cox after different Teslas had been broken within the space and an officer who arrived on the scene acknowledged him from footage, the New York Submit reported.
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Carstaffin mentioned she fears driving her Tesla “on daily basis, each second,” particularly if vandals determine to strike whereas she’s contained in the automobile.
“That is my dream automobile, so it is like one in every of my youngsters. I like my automobile identical to I like my youngsters. And when it was harmed, it actually touched me…. I labored actually exhausting for this, and for someone to do what they did may be very hurtful.”
Taylor Penley is an affiliate editor with Fox Information.
