Ferrari worth £240,000 smashes into terraced house

Smash: the car crashed into a house
‏@LancsRoadPolice
Hannah Al-Othman18 April 2016

This was the scene after a Ferrari worth hundreds of thousands of pounds ploughed into a row of terraced homes.

The white supercar, believed to be worth as much as £240,000, appeared to have been completely written off after it crashed into the front wall of a house in Burnley, Lancashire.

The two-seater 458 Spider can reach speeds of up to 199 miles per hour.

Lancashire Road Police tweeted two images of the badly-damaged car with a crumpled bonnet.

Miraculously, the driver escaped without injury.

Lancashire Road Police tweeted the pictures with the caption: "Damage only car crash in Burnley."

Damage: the front end of the car was crumpled
‏@LancsRoadPolice

The car was reportedly on loan from a Birmingham-based luxury car hire company, Platinum Executive Travel, and had apparently been hired by a couple for their wedding.

Lord Aleem, whose family appears owns the the car hire firm, tweeted: "At least people in Burnley have something to talk about for a few weeks."

He also confirmed that nobody was injured in the crash, saying: "Thanks for all the kind messages. I wasn't at the wheel, and nobody was injured that's the main thing, have had a lot worse in business."

He added: "I'll have that car back on road in 3 weeks Insha'Allah."

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