Supercars Smash in Beijing Street Race Gone Wrong

Steven Schwankert | Apr 12, 2015 3:38 pm | 5 comments | 6050 reads

In a scene that we've strangely seen before, street-racing supercars smashed up on Beijing streets Saturday night (April 11) around 10pm, state media reported.

A green Lamborghini and red Ferrari lost control while apparently racing through a tunnel near the National Stadium (Bird's Nest). Photos depict the Lamborghini's front end entirely ripped off. Similarly, the Ferrari lost its right door in the crash.

No major injuries were reported to either drivers or passengers. A large section of the tunnel's wall was also damaged.

In February 2014, a twenty-something driver was killed when he wrecked his Ferrari on the Airport Expressway. A white Lamborghini caught fire and burned in September 2013, backing up traffic on the Fourth Ring Road for kilometers. A more notorious Ferrari crash took place in March 2012.

The crash ironically coincides with the opening of driving film franchise "Fast and Furious 7" in China this weekend, and that similar film series "Need for Speed" just announced its second installment will be filmed partially in China, and maybe in Beijing. And of course, the Chinese Grand Prix was held this weekend in Shanghai.

Photo: CRIEnglish.com

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PatrickLi's picture PatrickLi Submitted by Guest on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 15:18

Beijing News this morning:

The two drivers involved in the incident are now detained. Both of them are male and in their early 20s. There was also a girl riding shotgun of the Lamborghini. She was slightly injured and has been hospitalized.

The driver of the Ferrari is 20, from Changchun, Jilin. The driver of the Lamborghini is 21, from Beijing. No further information has been revealed as to the identity of the drivers.

None of the drivers were driving under influence.

The investigation also goes on to say that the supercars were going at at least 160 km/h (100 miles/h) while passing the tunnel.

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