Former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was involved in a three-vehicle car accident last Thursday in Connecticut and has been issued a misdemeanor summons for reckless driving. Details of the incident have come out from both an official police report and one of the other drivers involved.
Driver Alleges McMahon Was Driving 80-90 MPH
In a public post on Facebook, Barbara Dolan, the driver of the car McMahon’s vehicle collided with, gave her account of the accident. She claimed McMahon was driving his Bentley at 80-90 MPH on the Merritt Highway, speeding and weaving through cars. She wrote:
“Lucky to have survived a horrific car crash on the way up to catch the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard last Thursday morning. Both cars totaled. Vince McMahon @Mr. McMahon /#VinceMcMahon, former chair of WWE, hit me going 80-90mph as I drove in the right lane of the narrow Merritt Highway (built in the 1930s). I and the dog are mostly fine, but was lucky to have kept control of the car, more or less, as I shot off the road after being catapulted over 100 yards.
An unmarked state trooper had been following him as he sped in and out of cars down the highway and had just turned his lights on to pull Mcmahon over, but he was not in time. Both front wheels of McMahon’s Bentley were sheared off, and his airbags deployed, probably saving him from significant injury.
The trooper told me afterwards that McMahon saw me last minute and swerved, smashing into my left rear, but that if he had hit me full on, there might’ve been a very different ending for me.
Amazing that no other cars were hit, and that I got out of the car, hands shaking for a good twenty minutes, but otherwise seemingly unscathed (stiff neck later, etc., and full battery of hospital scans and bloodwork. Time will tell I am told.).
Oddly, Hulk Hogan, who made McMahon’s fame and fortune, died about the same time as the accident.”
Police Report Details, McMahon Cited For Reckless Driving
According to a Connecticut State Police accident summary reported by POST Wrestling, McMahon’s Bentley collided with the rear of Dolan’s BMW before striking a guardrail. Debris from the guardrail was then hit by a third car, whose driver reportedly has a name that matches a WWE digital content staffer. McMahon was issued a misdemeanor summons for Reckless Driving and Following Too Closely Resulting in an Accident. He was released on a $500 bond and is scheduled to appear in Stamford Superior Court on August 26, 2025.
This incident marks the first major public news involving Vince McMahon since he resigned from his positions at WWE and its parent company, TKO Group Holdings, in January 2024. McMahon’s resignation came after a lawsuit was filed against him by former WWE employee Janel Grant, who accused him of sexual assault and sex trafficking. That lawsuit is currently paused pending a federal investigation.
