OMEN
06-03-2010, 10:27 PM
A bride and groom hired a £130,000 Ferrari to drive themselves to their wedding reception in style - then smashed into a traffic light.
The couple - who cannot be named for legal reasons - had spent £500 to rent the 180mph Testarossa for an hour so they could arrive at the bash in style at Treviso, northern Italy.
But after going just a few yards in the supercar - which does 0-60 in under six seconds - the groom swerved off the road straight into a traffic light, virtually writing off the luxury motor.
"They had to sign over a £20,000 insurance deposit on the car - and they probably won't be getting any change from it," said one police officer investigating the crash.
To add insult to injury, the groom was fined the equivalent of £50 for damaging public property.
Insurers - who are in discussions with the couple - say repairs could cost as much as £60,000.
"Neither of them had been drinking but with a car this powerful a small mistake can become very costly," added the officer.
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The couple - who cannot be named for legal reasons - had spent £500 to rent the 180mph Testarossa for an hour so they could arrive at the bash in style at Treviso, northern Italy.
But after going just a few yards in the supercar - which does 0-60 in under six seconds - the groom swerved off the road straight into a traffic light, virtually writing off the luxury motor.
"They had to sign over a £20,000 insurance deposit on the car - and they probably won't be getting any change from it," said one police officer investigating the crash.
To add insult to injury, the groom was fined the equivalent of £50 for damaging public property.
Insurers - who are in discussions with the couple - say repairs could cost as much as £60,000.
"Neither of them had been drinking but with a car this powerful a small mistake can become very costly," added the officer.
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