Los Angeles: Crash turns rare [as in $1m] Ferrari into scrap

News.Com.AU ^ | February 22, 2006 | staff writer

[xsrdx]

The "winner", or at least the only survivor

Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Mr Eriksson, who was slightly injured in the crash, told police he was a passenger in the vehicle and that the driver was a German man called Dietrich who had fled the scene, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Sergeant Philip Brooks said.

THAT'S a good one.

[Jeff Head]

Uhhh, officer, I wasn't driving. I SWEAR I wasn't driving. This guy Dietrich was driving and he ran off.

[xsrdx]

The lesson here MIGHT be, don't drink and race 600hp supercars.

Ya think?

[coloradan]

To his credit, they did find footprints from the car headed up the embankment.

[FreePaul]

...told police he was a passenger in the vehicle...

Most people would be making that statement from a jail cell. I sure hope Dietrich turns himself in so we can clear this up. Maybe they are still trying to find someone willing to be Dietrich.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I test drove a 2006 Mercedes CLK500 last Monday.

All I can say about it is "How the mighty have fallen."

 

[commish]

YOu can see video of the aftermath of the crash HERE

Authorities are still looking for the Mercedes and also "Dietrich"

[Anti-Bubba182]

Damn shame! I can't even work up some schadenfreude on this one!

[Falcon4.0]

"the driver was a German man called Dietrich who had fled the scene,"

I wouldn't let my wife drive my 1 million dollar car, let alone sum German putz.

[metmom]

Those who play, pay.

[Draco]

"Mr Eriksson ... told police he was a passenger in the vehicle and that the driver was a German man called Dietrich who had fled the scene ...."

THAT'S a good one.

This won't be the first time the judge hears that.

[elli1]

THAT'S a good one.

Nah...it's just a slightly different version of 'The Dog Ate My Homework.' :)

[lawgirl]

Oh thank god it's a newer model- I thought it might be vintage which really would have been a tragedy.

[Aquinasfan]

"My Maserati does one-eighty-five
I lost my license, now I don't drive"

--Joe Walsh

[commish]

To his credit, they did find footprints from the car headed up the embankment.

Also, the passenger side Airbag is deployed. most vehicles have a sensor that tells the car whether or not someone is in the passenger seat.

These two facts, Footprints leading away from the car, and the deployed airbag lend creedance to the story that their was at least a passenger in the car.

[starfish923]

Mr Eriksson, who was slightly injured in the crash, told police he was a passenger in the vehicle and that the driver was a German man called Dietrich who had fled the scene, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Sergeant Philip Brooks said.

Yeah, those dirty ole Germans are ALWAYS to blame. :o)

WHAT a waste of nice cars.

[xsrdx]

All I can say about it is "How the mighty have fallen."

Seems like modern lux/sport sedans are a bit over-gadgeted.

M-B COMAND and BMW I-Drive both seem to usurp control from the driver. Not to mention MB's drive by wire brakes.

I'll hang on to my E39 5'er for a few more years methinks...

[WV Mountain Mama]

"Yes, officer. I have a car worth $1,000,000 and I let some german guy, I think his name was Dietrich, drive. What do you mean, you don't believe me? I tried as hard as I could to say it with a straight face!"