A Genius Rented a Porsche 911 GT3 RS and Flew Off a Malibu Cliff on the Sixth Lap

A rented Porsche 911 GT3 RS went off a Malibu cliff at 70 mph and rolled 100 feet down an embankment Monday afternoon.

Both occupants survived with non-life-threatening injuries – and then an eyewitness who watched the whole thing started talking.

The eyewitness didn't just see the crash – he saw exactly how many times the driver ran it before losing control.

Eyewitness Watched the GT3 RS Run Saddle Peak Road at 70 mph Before the Crash

The eyewitness wasn't describing a freak accident.

He was describing a lap session.

He told followers in a video posted by Royol News on Instagram that the Porsche driver had been running the same stretch of Saddle Peak Road over and over – four, maybe five passes – before losing control on what he estimated was the sixth run.

"He's probably doing laps, maybe like 4 to 5," the witness said. "Maybe on the 6th one, is when he lost control on this corner up here, for sure, touched gravel, and then he just flew off the edge."

The car hit gravel at a corner and launched straight off the cliff.

What followed was not a fender-bender.

The GT3 RS dropped more than 100 feet and landed in the driveway of a home being built at 24071 Hovenweep Lane, the wreckage coming to rest dangerously close to the structure below.

The crash happened just before 4:30 p.m. on April 14, as confirmed by the Los Angeles County Fire Department and California Highway Patrol.

Aerial footage from ABC7's AIR7 captured the Porsche resting in the field below – roof caved in, rear spoiler destroyed, windshields gone, debris scattered across the surrounding yard.

The eyewitness climbed down with a group of bystanders to reach the two men before emergency services arrived.

"Pretty much the car is just dismantled," he said. "It went from a whole car to many pieces."

Both men – reportedly in their twenties – were loaded onto stretchers and airlifted to area hospitals.

The eyewitness called it something he had only seen in the movies – astonishing to witness in person, and shocking to anyone who was standing nearby when it happened.

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Exotic Car Rentals Put a $250,000 Porsche 911 on a Malibu Canyon Road With No Questions Asked

The Porsche 911 GT3 RS is not a casual weekend cruiser.

It is a 518-horsepower, race-tuned machine built for closed-circuit driving – capable of hitting 62 mph in 3.2 seconds, reaching a top speed of 184 mph, and generating downforce levels typically reserved for motorsport competition.

Porsche engineers built it with active aerodynamics, adjustable suspension, and rear-axle steering so skilled drivers can push it to its physical limits on a proper track, with proper training.

It was not designed for a tourist to run hot laps on a public mountain road above Malibu.

And this car – a 2025 model – was a rental.

Exotic car rental companies across Los Angeles openly advertise the GT3 RS for pick-up-and-go experiences on Malibu's canyon roads, Mulholland Drive, and the Pacific Coast Highway.

No mandatory track experience required.

No licensing beyond a standard driver's license.

Hand over a credit card, take the keys, and go find yourself a canyon.

The California Highway Patrol's West Valley division is still investigating the crash and has not yet determined whether speed, alcohol, or drugs played a role.

The eyewitness account of a driver running six passes on a narrow mountain road in a rented supercar before sailing off the edge does tend to narrow the list of likely explanations.

A car worth more than a quarter million dollars is now in pieces in a Malibu ditch.

Two men barely made it out.

The only thing separating this story from a fatality was an embankment deep enough to catch the car before it reached the house at the bottom.

The exotic car rental industry has spent years selling the fantasy of putting a track weapon in the hands of anyone with a credit card and a driver's license – and marketing canyon roads as the natural destination.

There is no vetting process built for what happens when someone treats Saddle Peak Road as a personal lap track.

The next driver who rents a GT3 RS and heads for the canyons may not get as lucky as these two did.

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Sources:

• Saajan Jogia, "Rental Porsche 911 GT3 RS 'Flies' Off Malibu Cliff at 70 MPH: 'Like a Movie'," MotorBiscuit, April 16, 2026.
• Saajan Jogia, "Porsche GT3 RS Flies Off Saddle Peak Road in Malibu, Crashes Into Under Construction Driveway," MotorBiscuit, April 15, 2026.
• "2 injured after Porsche drives off side of Malibu road," CBS Los Angeles, April 14, 2026.
• "2 hurt after Porsche GT3 rolls down Malibu embankment in violent crash off Saddle Peak Road," ABC7 Los Angeles, April 14, 2026.
• "Porsche flies off hilltop road in Malibu; 2 injured," KTLA, April 14, 2026.