Ferrari Crash - 599GTB split into two

karthik247 · 7th May 2009, 21:17

A man is dead and his passenger injured after a red Ferrari crashed into a light pole in Newport Beach, causing the vehicle to split in two. The violent crash occurred on Jamboree Road near Camelback Street just before 1 a.m. Wednesday and was reportedly witnessed by an officer in the area.

Police say the luxury Italian sports car crashed into a light pole, which toppled onto the car and split it in half. The driver was declared dead at the scene. His identity is not yet known. His female passenger was ejected in the crash. She was hospitalized, and her condition is not known.

Hours after the crash, the front portion of the Ferrari could be seen resting against a hillside several feet away with its lights still functioning. The car appeared to be a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, an all-aluminum V12 with a top speed of 205 mph and a price tag of about $300,000. It's not yet known how fast the driver was traveling at the time of the crash or what caused him to lose control

Source - Ferrari split in two in crash; man killed | L.A. Now | Los Angeles Times

A passenger is injured and the other driver is in jail on charges of DUI. Police say men may have been racing

Source - Crash of speeding Ferrari kills mixed martial arts figure Charles Lewis - Los Angeles Times

Kinda confusing though, one source says driver is dead while the other says he's facing charges. Anyways, what a total waste of a great car

varun911 · 7th May 2009, 21:27

That is a horrifying crash. A its sad to see such beauties totalled.

abhiram7912 · 7th May 2009, 22:03

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Originally Posted by karthik247

Kinda confusing though, one source says driver is dead while the other says he's facing charges. Anyways, what a total waste of a great car

there were two cars, racing each other, the driver in the other car is charged with DUI.

s0uljah · 7th May 2009, 22:14

Poor build quality...

karthik247 · 7th May 2009, 22:17

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Poor build quality...

Atleast its lights were still functioning

meghan · 7th May 2009, 22:19

IMHO it looks like a 360 modena and not the 599 GTB

n_aditya · 7th May 2009, 22:25

What a waste of such a lovely car and a life that cant be replaced. If only people used all that power on track and drive sedately on public roads.

karthik247 · 7th May 2009, 22:27

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Originally Posted by meghan

IMHO it looks like a 360 modena and not the 599 GTB

This source does say its a 04' 360 Modena
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ram_hyundai · 7th May 2009, 22:54

It is not the first time we see a ferrari split.Earlier i had seen one picture in which a ferrari engine was in the middle of the road and the rest a few feets apart and that too of a newly delivered car.Ferraris tend to split is it ?lolz
ram

Rehaan · 8th May 2009, 03:54

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Originally Posted by meghan

IMHO it looks like a 360 modena and not the 599 GTB

Yep. The wheels probably led to it being called a 599 GTB.

However, the wheels also make me wonder if it was a 360 CS ?

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....Ferraris tend to split is it ?lolz
ram

Ferraris tend to go fast. Its the ferrari drivers that usually tend to split it.

cya
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prince_pervez · 8th May 2009, 07:54

Split in to two! I wonder what speeds he must be doing. What a loss of a great machine. RIP to the racer. There is an Icon in the Accidents in India thread that split in two.

Spitfire · 8th May 2009, 12:11

It was apparently Charles Lewis one of the owners of the Tapout line of clothes. RIP.

jkdas · 8th May 2009, 12:24

Just coz it a Ferrari doesn't mean it cant be split into two or three! Hummer o so might have survived such a crash. And even a diamond can be split if you know its right spot.

People were irresponsible in this scenario.

kannan666 · 8th May 2009, 12:41

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Originally Posted by ram_hyundai

It is not the first time we see a ferrari split.Earlier i had seen one picture in which a ferrari engine was in the middle of the road and the rest a few feets apart and that too of a newly delivered car.Ferraris tend to split is it ?lolz
ram

Yes, I remember reading about that and seeing a few pics of it too, let me see if I can retrieve them from my email and post here.

Managed to get a link to the story, here it is...

Stefan Eriksson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ram_hyundai · 8th May 2009, 12:44

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Split in to two! I wonder what speeds he must be doing. What a loss of a great machine. RIP to the racer. There is an Icon in the Accidents in India thread that split in two.

Maybe because the names starts with F,lolz.Ferrari and ford.But that accident of the ikon was a trajic one.I have seen other ferrari accidents were its split into 2,3 or more.I guess it came into the wrong hands.

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karthik247 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: BLR, HYD Posts: 2,710 Thanked: 30 Times	Ferrari Crash - 599GTB split into two A man is dead and his passenger injured after a red Ferrari crashed into a light pole in Newport Beach, causing the vehicle to split in two. The violent crash occurred on Jamboree Road near Camelback Street just before 1 a.m. Wednesday and was reportedly witnessed by an officer in the area. Police say the luxury Italian sports car crashed into a light pole, which toppled onto the car and split it in half. The driver was declared dead at the scene. His identity is not yet known. His female passenger was ejected in the crash. She was hospitalized, and her condition is not known. Hours after the crash, the front portion of the Ferrari could be seen resting against a hillside several feet away with its lights still functioning. The car appeared to be a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, an all-aluminum V12 with a top speed of 205 mph and a price tag of about $300,000. It's not yet known how fast the driver was traveling at the time of the crash or what caused him to lose control Source - Ferrari split in two in crash; man killed \| L.A. Now \| Los Angeles Times A passenger is injured and the other driver is in jail on charges of DUI. Police say men may have been racing Source - Crash of speeding Ferrari kills mixed martial arts figure Charles Lewis - Los Angeles Times Kinda confusing though, one source says driver is dead while the other says he's facing charges. Anyways, what a total waste of a great car Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Rudra Sen : 8th May 2009 at 13:05. Reason: Merging post
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varun911 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 63 Thanked: 0 Times	That is a horrifying crash. A its sad to see such beauties totalled.
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s0uljah Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: BLR Posts: 2,222 Thanked: 26 Times View My Garage	Poor build quality...
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meghan BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mountain View Posts: 114 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	IMHO it looks like a 360 modena and not the 599 GTB
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n_aditya Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Namma Bengaluru Posts: 5,348 Thanked: 3,684 Times View My Garage	What a waste of such a lovely car and a life that cant be replaced. If only people used all that power on track and drive sedately on public roads.
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ram_hyundai Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Calicut ,trisur Posts: 2,020 Thanked: 53 Times View My Garage	It is not the first time we see a ferrari split.Earlier i had seen one picture in which a ferrari engine was in the middle of the road and the rest a few feets apart and that too of a newly delivered car.Ferraris tend to split is it ?lolz ram
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prince_pervez Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Redwood shores, CA, USA Posts: 4,210 Thanked: 51 Times View My Garage	Split in to two! I wonder what speeds he must be doing. What a loss of a great machine. RIP to the racer. There is an Icon in the Accidents in India thread that split in two.
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Spitfire BANNED Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Panaji - Goa/Bangalore - Karnataka Posts: 3,312 Thanked: 774 Times	It was apparently Charles Lewis one of the owners of the Tapout line of clothes. RIP.
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jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,492 Times View My Garage	Just coz it a Ferrari doesn't mean it cant be split into two or three! Hummer o so might have survived such a crash. And even a diamond can be split if you know its right spot. People were irresponsible in this scenario.
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