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Don’t worry the driver is safe.
And for those who didn’t leave and actually are curious about what happened, here’s the story of a Ferrari that crashed in California.
According to Malibu Times:
As sheriff’s detectives investigate last week’s crash that destroyed a US$1-million Ferrari, they are now looking into an obscure nonprofit organization that provides disabled people with transit in the San Gabriel Valley. The car’s owner, a former video game executive from Sweden, told Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies at the scene of the Feb. 21 accident in Malibu that he was deputy commissioner of the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority’s police anti-terrorism unit, detectives said Thursday. A few minutes after the crash, two unidentified men arrived at the scene, flashing badges and saying they were from “homeland security,” according to Sheriff’s Department officials.
Deputies allowed the men into the accident scene, where they spoke to Stefan Eriksson before leaving, Sgt. Phil Brooks said. Sheriff’s officials on Thursday said they now want to question them. “We would like the public’s help with any information about these men or the crash,” Brooks said. They are also looking into the transit organization to see what connection, if any, it has to the case. Brooks said detectives believe the two men from “homeland security” received their badges from the transit authority.
No one was injured when the rare Ferrari Enzo traveling 162 mph smashed into a power pole on Pacific Coast Highway. But the case continues to generate interest because the Ferrari is one of only 400 built, and detectives have struggled to understand what happened. Eriksson told investigators he was a passenger in the Ferrari and that the driver was a man named Dietrich, who fled from the scene. But officials have been skeptical, noting that Eriksson had a bloody lip and the only blood found was on the driver’s side airbag.
On Thursday, Brooks said detectives now doubt initial reports that the Ferrari was racing a Mercedes SLR. Detectives had interviewed a second man who said he was a passenger in a Mercedes SLR that he said was racing the Ferrari at the time. “There was no Mercedes SLR,” Brooks said. “Simply, there was a Ferrari with two people in it. One of these men was driving.”
Come on guys you really expect the police to prove that the guy was racing a Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR? The stakes were higher than you imagine. The car worth 1 million US Dollars, not to mention that it’s one of the 400 made models.
Good car though. I mean, disregarding the fact that its rear part was scattered all over the place, we must appreciate Ferrari’s safety features and standards. The cockpit is… Well, OK.
