One minute, the parking lot outside Utopia Plastix in Edmond was quiet. A few minutes later, a car shot off the road, tore across the front of the business, and slammed into a brick column and a handicapped pole, scattering dirt and a tire across the storefront.
Owner Sharina Perry had just pulled out of the lot and was already down the road when the crash happened. She was unhurt, but her Ring doorbell captured the chaos that followed and left her badly shaken.
Crash Caught On Camera
Perry told KFOR she got a Ring notification that Wednesday morning and immediately opened the app, confronting the people in the car through the camera.
“To me, it was more of a wakeup call,” she said, adding that she often sees drivers “racing” along the 25 mile per hour stretch near 18th and Fretz, right in front of her shop. What played out on her screen was exactly the nightmare she says she has worried about for years.
Police: Driver Admitted Going Nearly 80 In A 25
According to News 9, the police report states the driver, identified as Dennis Arnn, told officers he had been traveling nearly 80 miles per hour in the 25 mile per hour zone when he left the roadway.
Edmond police cited him on the spot for reckless driving. Two people in the vehicle survived the crash, and first responders described the structural damage to the building as limited, despite the dramatic hit to the front of the business.
Neighborhood On Edge Over Risky Driving
Perry runs Utopia Plastix, a plant-based plastics company based in Edmond, and says the block near 18th and Fretz has turned into a trouble spot. She told reporters the area has seen increasingly risky driving and even drivers doing donuts in nearby parking lots.
The recent crash damaged a brick column and the handicapped pole but did not shut the company down. Still, Perry is hoping the scare nudges officials and neighbors to press for more enforcement and better traffic control along that corridor before someone is seriously hurt.
Legal Note
Edmond police confirmed that Arnn received a reckless driving citation at the scene, but officers did not immediately say whether prosecutors would pursue additional charges, according to News 9. Whether the case moves beyond the citation will be up to the district attorney as investigators finish their report.
Perry said she wants the Ring footage to serve as a warning, not just a scare: “This should’ve been the safe space,” she told KFOR, urging drivers to slow down on residential and neighborhood streets.
