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What an idiot............
MALIBU, Calif. - Authorities are investigating the circumstances behind a spectacular crash on Pacific Coast Highway that destroyed a rare Ferrari Enzo estimated to be worth more than $1 million.
The red Ferrari was going at least 100 mph when the driver lost control and struck a power pole, investigators said. The car ? one of only 400 made ? shattered, with its engine coming to rest on the highway and its wreckage scattered.
Sheriff's investigators identified the owner as Stefan Ericksson, 44, of Bel Air, who escaped the wreck with only a cut lip.
Authorities said Ericksson told them he was a passenger and the driver was a German acquaintance he knew only as Dietrich, who he said ran into the nearby hills. A three-hour search failed to turn up anyone, and officials said they were skeptical of the account. Only the driver's side air bag deployed, Brooks said.
"He destroyed one of the finest cars on earth, maybe the finest," said Ferrari owner Chris Banning, a Beverly Hills writer who is finishing a book on the cult of sports car racing along winding Mulholland Drive.
"It's like taking a Van Gogh painting and burning it."
? 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Here is a www.nbc4.tv with pictures of the accident.
msnbc.msn.com
The red Ferrari was going at least 100 mph when the driver lost control and struck a power pole, investigators said. The car ? one of only 400 made ? shattered, with its engine coming to rest on the highway and its wreckage scattered.
Sheriff's investigators identified the owner as Stefan Ericksson, 44, of Bel Air, who escaped the wreck with only a cut lip.
Authorities said Ericksson told them he was a passenger and the driver was a German acquaintance he knew only as Dietrich, who he said ran into the nearby hills. A three-hour search failed to turn up anyone, and officials said they were skeptical of the account. Only the driver's side air bag deployed, Brooks said.
"He destroyed one of the finest cars on earth, maybe the finest," said Ferrari owner Chris Banning, a Beverly Hills writer who is finishing a book on the cult of sports car racing along winding Mulholland Drive.
"It's like taking a Van Gogh painting and burning it."
? 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Here is a www.nbc4.tv with pictures of the accident.
msnbc.msn.com
Comments on this journal
Speed doesnt kill Stopping does.
Her is the investigation:
www.wreckedexotics.com
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The length of skid marks can vary due tyre and road temperature as well as tyre construction and can not be used as accurate guages of speed measurement. Also, changes in surface elavation are not highlighted well in photographs and distances may be deceptive. As it has been already mentioned, other factors, such impact damage and the final position of the debris help in reaching a more accurate conclusion. But then we all knew that :)
At least we know the cars safety cage and airbags work.
100 mph isnt that fast