hkestes41 Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Man distracted by bird drives Bugatti into marsh Thu Nov 12, 9:34 pm ET LA MARQUE, Texas – A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston. The Lufkin, Texas, man told of driving his luxury, French-built Bugatti Veyron when the bird distracted him, said La Marque police Lt. Greg Gilchrist. The motorist dropped his cell phone, reached to pick it up and veered off the road and into the salt marsh. The car was half-submerged in the brine about 20 feet from the road when police arrived. Gilchrist said he doesn't know if the car was salvageable, but in his words, "Salt water isn't good for anything." He says the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was not injured. A 2006 Bugatti Veyron was recently offered for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., for $1.25 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Hope it was built with powder coating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm's Coupe Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 I see two lessons here. 1) Don't buy and drive million dollar cars. 2) Don't use a cell phone when driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodFitch Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 I see two lessons here.1) Don't buy and drive million dollar cars. 2) Don't use a cell phone when driving. 3) Just because you are rich does not mean that you are intelligent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normspeed Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 For a million dollars, that thing should float. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Hemingway Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I just saw that on ABC TV station news. Youtube has a video of the car going off the road. Dennis:cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32yyvmlGOdo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Maybe the guy has one of those garages posted yesterday and just maybe he was delivering the car to his EX!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopt50wgn Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 if he can afford a 1 million $$ car, he can well afford to fix it , even tho he is a dumbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertKB Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I see two lessons here.1) Don't buy and drive million dollar cars. 2) Don't use a cell phone when driving. 3) Just because you are rich does not mean that you are intelligent. Ditto!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 (edited) most of us avoid driving in the rain much less the lagoon down the street...It would be nice just to have a few cars that Bean himself has cracked up...guess the boy drives as funny as he acts.. Edited November 14, 2009 by Tim Adams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Was he speeding? Nooooooooooo..... it's gotta be the pelican. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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