DENVER - Engines revved, tires squealed, and fireworks lit up the sky as another street takeover disrupted a Denver neighborhood late Sunday night, renewing calls for action to put an end to the dangerous trend.

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Denver street takeover at 10th and Broadway reignites calls for action

The latest takeover happened at the intersection of East 10th Avenue and North Broadway around 10:40 p.m. Video shows cars taking over the intersection, doing donuts and lighting fireworks, while other drivers lay on their horns to get through.

Denver Police said officers from the department's street racing team responded, but said the vehicles left the area as officers arrived.

In an update on Wednesday, Denver police said that they had made seven arrests, impounded five vehicles and issued three citations related to the Sunday night operation by the Denver Police Street Racing Enforcement Team. Not all of those arrests were related to the takeover at East 10th Avenue and North Broadway.

 These are dynamic events that require a great deal of coordination and follow-up investigations,  police said in a statement.

A separate street takeover happened at Broadway and Mississippi earlier this month and another on Federal Boulevard in July.

Micaiah Lambright lives near 10th and Broadway and said he heard the most recent takeover on Sunday night.

 It was about 10:30 when I think the noise just became out of control,  Lambright said.  You could tell that there were people driving at the time that were trapped in it because there was a lot of car honking from various corners. 

Lilia Onstott Micaiah Lambright lives near 10th and Broadway and said he heard the most recent takeover on Sunday night.

Lambright said he and others in the neighborhood had heard of street takeovers happening elsewhere in the city but had not experienced one so close before.

 Just the fact that you know they seem to be coming closer and closer to downtown, it feels like you know they're they're sort of taunting the city, because we hear it continue. You know, we hear sto

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