US Ferrari Crash

The G6ET Spot · 27-07-2006, 10:05 PM

I dont know if this has been on here before.I did a search and nothing came up. My brother that lives in America sent me an email with these photos of an Enzo that hit a pole earlier this year And he walked away to talk about it.
Being a Ferrari owner himself my brother was like a little kid that had his lollies taken off him.

Yesterday, February 21 in Malibu around 6am a Ferrari Enzo was virtually destroyed on Pacific Coast Highway near Decker Canyon. About 7am as I drove north on PCH to work on location I looked up ahead and spotted 6 news helicopters hovering. Not a good sign. As I approached the accident scene a line of cars were stopped on both sides of the highway, a flipped power pole suspended in mid-air off to the right and scattered pieces of a $1 million dollar Ferrari strewn over 100 yards or more.

I happened to have my digital camera with me, so I snapped these photos as I walked to the production van (in the distance, photo #1) which shuttled us to our location.

Michael Frediani, S.O.C.

Rare Ferrari Destroyed in Malibu Crash
By Associated Press
MALIBU, Calif. -- Authorities are investigating the circumstances behind a spectacular crash on Pacific Coast Highway that destroyed a rare Ferrari Enzo estimated to be worth more than $1 million.?

The red Ferrari was going at least 100 mph when the driver lost control and struck a power pole, investigators said. The car -- one of only 400 made -- shattered, with its engine coming to rest on the highway and its wreckage scattered.?

Sheriff's investigators identified the owner as Stefan Ericksson, 44, of Bel Air, who escaped the wreck with only a cut lip.?

"For $1 million, you get a very good passenger-safety system, and apparently in this case it did work," said Sgt. Philip Brooks of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.?

Authorities said Ericksson told them he was a passenger and the driver was a German acquaintance he knew only as Dietrich, who he said ran into the nearby hills. A three-hour search failed to turn up anyone, and officials said they were skeptical of the account. Only the driver's side air bag deployed, Brooks said.?

"He destroyed one of the finest cars on earth, maybe the finest," said Ferrari owner Chris Banning, a Beverly Hills writer who is finishing a book on the cult of sports car racing along winding Mulholland Drive.?

"It's like taking a Van Gogh painting and burning it."

I6corp · 27-07-2006, 10:09 PM

:'( :( that poor car, they should do a test before selling these things out.

LUXO_8 · 27-07-2006, 10:10 PM

damn...........all im gonna say

**Full Noise** · 27-07-2006, 10:16 PM

This story is quite old.

Now, will a mod delete or close this thread?

8pAc · 27-07-2006, 10:29 PM

Wow amazing that guy walked away. lol at the power poll, it dont quite look right ;)

Magical_ED · 27-07-2006, 10:33 PM

Yeah heaps only the drivers side airbag went off.
There was something on the net that had like 8 photos joined together from a helicopter that showed the extent of how far the bits and pieces were scattered, was quite amazing just how far the bits went, and how it was only really the back end that got destroyed and the passenger/s were unharmed practically.

**Sorted** · 27-07-2006, 10:41 PM

RAPID-XR8 was it your brother that took the pics or was this just an email passed on to you?

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Authorities said Ericksson told them he was a passenger and the driver was a German acquaintance he knew only as Dietrich, who he said ran into the nearby hills. A three-hour search failed to turn up anyone, and officials said they were skeptical of the account. Only the driver's side air bag deployed, Brooks said.?

Nice story, I didn't do it - it was my invisible mate.

The G6ET Spot · 27-07-2006, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DRHEMI

RAPID-XR8 was it your brother that took the pics or was this just an email passed on to you?

Nice story, I didn't do it - it was my invisible mate.

It wasn't my brother that took the photos. It was one of his work colleagues from his film studio.

hppsc · 27-07-2006, 11:03 PM

Why close the thread? Because some idiot decides to kill himself in a ferrari here in Australia, we can't discuss anything about ferrari's anymore? Please..

Looks like he was very lucky to have walked away and survived that.. Very lucky..

XR Martin · 28-07-2006, 12:09 AM

Old story but new pics.

Latest news was the Enzo was stolen and illegally imported into the US by the Ericksson guy, who I think took off back to Europe.
Apparently he was racing a Mclaren SLR at the time too

Gambit · 28-07-2006, 08:28 AM

Here is the original thread.

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=38280

Homer1 · 28-07-2006, 08:43 AM

The engine looks OK

spoonage · 28-07-2006, 09:08 AM

$50 pp for the engine

Edit: Article says only drivers airbag deployed, looks like the passenger one did too.

BlueXr8 · 28-07-2006, 10:00 AM

nice CF plenum

UNRULY · 28-07-2006, 10:25 AM

retracted.....

GCFordChic · 28-07-2006, 10:29 AM

tread carefully unruly, the other thread was closed for a reason, i would suggest that posting things in relation to the other thread may put you, or this thread in hot water...

just a friendly reminder...

pennybrain · 28-07-2006, 11:14 AM

What a waste of a beautiful car.
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/special/enzo/
Makes an interesting read if you have the time.

**Sorted** · 28-07-2006, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by pennybrain

What a waste of a beautiful car.
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/special/enzo/
Makes an interesting read if you have the time.

That’s an awesome read - here is the end quote

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Update: May 17 - 2:00 PM EST - 199 mph !!! - that's the speed the Ferrari Enzo topped out at before the crash! Investigators today confirmed there was a videotape of the accident shot from inside the car. The video showed the speedometer read 199 mph right before it malfunctioned due to the crash

How the hell can you steal 2 x Enzo Ferrari's, One Black and One Red and also a Merc SLR and only get caught as you had an accident it one of them....

How many Enzo's are there in the world? I am sure it wouldn’t be that hard to find a stolen one especially they way this guy paraded them around.

AND he has also wrecked a Mercedes McLaren SLR back in England about a year ago. WHAT THE?!??!?!