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12-18-2006, 02:44 PM
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IT'S a heart-breaking sight for car enthusiasts. This near-new Ferrari received an unwanted nose job when it ploughed into a traffic light in South Perth on Sunday.
Witnesses said the driver revved the Italian stallion at the lights next to the Windsor Hotel, at the intersection of Mends Street and Mill Point Rd, dropped the clutch and burned off around the corner – but humiliatingly lost control and slammed into the pole around 7pm.
Windsor manager Brian Hopley said the man appeared to be trying to impress bystanders in front of the packed hotel.
“He was waving at everyone in his new Ferrari, revving his engine up and making a big scene and he took off with a screech of rubber and went straight into the traffic light pole,” he said.
Another witness, a Windsor patron who wished to remain anonymous, said the driver tried to run from the scene but was pursued by security staff and patrons tackled by hotel security staff and handed to police.
“I just saw him run and a few of us gave chase,” he said.
"(The security staff) just chased him down and tackled him in the Windsor’s car park.”
Mr Hopley said he was astonished by how quickly pictures of the incident were circulated.
“I came to work this morning and got it off one of my staff members. I sent them to my wife, and she’d already received it from her daughter two minutes before,” he said.
“It was a nasty waste of a brand new car, but the guy was an idiot … much to the amusement of our patrons.
“It’s a funny story – nobody actually got hurt. “He got his just desserts I think.”
Link (http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,20947818-2761,00.html)
IT'S a heart-breaking sight for car enthusiasts. This near-new Ferrari received an unwanted nose job when it ploughed into a traffic light in South Perth on Sunday.
Witnesses said the driver revved the Italian stallion at the lights next to the Windsor Hotel, at the intersection of Mends Street and Mill Point Rd, dropped the clutch and burned off around the corner – but humiliatingly lost control and slammed into the pole around 7pm.
Windsor manager Brian Hopley said the man appeared to be trying to impress bystanders in front of the packed hotel.
“He was waving at everyone in his new Ferrari, revving his engine up and making a big scene and he took off with a screech of rubber and went straight into the traffic light pole,” he said.
Another witness, a Windsor patron who wished to remain anonymous, said the driver tried to run from the scene but was pursued by security staff and patrons tackled by hotel security staff and handed to police.
“I just saw him run and a few of us gave chase,” he said.
"(The security staff) just chased him down and tackled him in the Windsor’s car park.”
Mr Hopley said he was astonished by how quickly pictures of the incident were circulated.
“I came to work this morning and got it off one of my staff members. I sent them to my wife, and she’d already received it from her daughter two minutes before,” he said.
“It was a nasty waste of a brand new car, but the guy was an idiot … much to the amusement of our patrons.
“It’s a funny story – nobody actually got hurt. “He got his just desserts I think.”
Link (http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,20947818-2761,00.html)