Dec 1 2009Parking Tickets: Italian Police Lamborghini Seriously Injured In The Line Of Duty
If you've been reading Geekologie for over a year (gold star reader!) you may recall the story we ran about Lamborghini donating two Gallardo's to the Italian police for use in high-speed chases involving other supercars. Well, if you couldn't tell by the picture, one of them isn't doing so hot.
The 200mph Gallardo ploughed into parked cars after it swerved to avoid another vehicle that had just pulled out of a petrol station. It was being driven back from a special show for students when the accident happened near the city of Cremona.
Two police officers in the car escaped with only minor injuries. No-one else was hurt in the crash.Police also use the vehicles to ferry transplant organs in specially fitted fridges.
Hell yeah, transplant organs. Say, any healthy livers in that fridge? Kidding -- I'm vegetarian!
Hit the jump for one more shot from the other side.
Mamma Mia! How Italian police wrecked a £150,000 Lamborghini patrol car [dailymail]
Thanks to maria and nortilus, who have both be known to sit in cardboard boxes in the kitchen and pretend they're driving supercars. MLIG.
Reader Comments
1. Taylor - December 1, 2009 5:23 PM
such a shame...
2. CHRISYUN - December 1, 2009 5:24 PM
OWNED. second.
3. brdeeds - December 1, 2009 5:25 PM
This is one of the moments you need on video. Someones has regrets about not doing 24/7 video blog of their life. Sure you only get this kinda footage once in a life time, but it makes life worth it.
4. Scruff Mcgruff - December 1, 2009 5:26 PM
Italian's...makes sense
5. Blastphemer - December 1, 2009 5:30 PM
So they weren't in hot pursuit of another "super car", and they weren't transporting organs (neither of the two things the car was actually intended for)...they were just returning from showing off their ride to a bunch of kids and going too fast to maintain control of their donated Lambo when somebody pulled out of a gas station.
EPIC FUCKING FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sure their wasn't a suspicious brown albatross around??? Just sayin...
6. Blastphemer - December 1, 2009 5:33 PM
*Sure THERE (not their) wasn't a ........
OOPS...gimme a break. I just woke up and I'm still hammered and exhausted. I'm going back to bed now....after I go have another drink.
7. I-Kill-Bambi's - December 1, 2009 5:34 PM
@5 No it was the low flying spagetti monster
8. cabbo - December 1, 2009 5:39 PM
I remember hearing about the lambourginis. Not sure if it was from here, though.
@5 & 7 but god's totally real, so there.
I feel a bit sorry for the guy responsible for this. Massive insurance problems.
It would've been good, though, for the car it ploughed into to have contained a massive amound of narcotics (Meow? Hey, my balls are itchy!) and it was just completing its mission the only way it knew how.
9. cabbo - December 1, 2009 5:42 PM
The driver was on bubbleglove.
Who comes up with these names? At least 'prawn' has relevance. It smells a bit fishy. PS it's a snorter.
10. I-Kill-Bambi's - December 1, 2009 5:44 PM
@8 yeah gods real I've seen the guy, met his son very nice people. he introduced me to santa superman and even sasquatch good manners, all of em...just sayin
11. Question-man - December 1, 2009 5:45 PM
what if you read geekologie for over three year what are you then???
12. I-Kill-Bambi's - December 1, 2009 5:50 PM
@11 GOD
13. cabbo - December 1, 2009 5:54 PM
@10 no kidding, I heard the sasquach tends to go ape-shit.
14. I-Kill-Bambi's - December 1, 2009 5:55 PM
yeah cabbo he does but only if you stare at his feet...its a bit of a sore topic for him.
15. jodie - December 1, 2009 5:56 PM
Low flying swamp penguin's distracted the driver...
16. CARLOSCOO - December 1, 2009 5:59 PM
I AM A GOLD STAR READER!
17. CARLOSCOO - December 1, 2009 6:00 PM
I AM A GOLD STAR READER!
18. Hayley - December 1, 2009 6:04 PM
@ 11. Lying, because it hasn't existed that long.
19. cabbo - December 1, 2009 6:05 PM
They donated a super car,
But it didn't go very far.
On one cold night,
Under a street light,
Its driver fell well below par.
He showed of the thing to some kids,
On the way home he said "watch this"
To his partener, who,
On a doughnut, did chew,
And he attempted to do some skids.
He noticed a shape pull out
From a station, of petrol, no doubt.
He slammed on the brake,
And swerved and shaked,
But he smashed it into a Renault.
Eh?
20. cabbo - December 1, 2009 6:09 PM
@14 'Cus that's how they mate. A new definition of Foot Sex!
21. cabbo - December 1, 2009 6:09 PM
Honestly I have no idea why I put that in capitals.
22. The Dude - December 1, 2009 6:15 PM
@19
Diggin' the rhyme...just sayin
23. cabbo - December 1, 2009 6:20 PM
You'll notice it took ten minutes. And I grammar failed: "He showed of the thing to some kids".
THE REST IS POETIC LICENCE.
24. Leonidas Smith Jeans - December 1, 2009 6:26 PM
Wrong, dear lady. It was called Hedonistica before.
25. Tennist0 - December 1, 2009 6:27 PM
Its too bad those cars are just moving ramps since they are so close to the ground, he could have done the other driver serious damage if he flipped that other car. Some people have no respect.
Today I took my companies Lambo out for a ride. First, I showed off to a class of 5th graders and made some cry of my beauty...then I wanted to see how far I could launch an oncoming car at full speed...we crashed. MLIG
26. cabbo - December 1, 2009 6:28 PM
Who you callin' lady?
27. cabbo - December 1, 2009 6:31 PM
A search of 'Hedonistica' comes up with geekologie, and some automatic site creator things.
28. J - December 1, 2009 7:28 PM
@25, crack out your reading glasses buddy. "ploughed into parked cars". Doubt there was another driver.
Its a shame it wasnt being used for organ transport at the time cause it would have been piss funny to see the Ambulance officers turn up going to the police. "You said no-one was hurt right???.....well who the f$#@ owns the liver, 3 kidneys and 2 retinas i just found scattered down the road!!?!?!?"
29. Milkman - December 1, 2009 7:32 PM
just how fast were they going when they "swerved" that they impacted and flipped a car on top of themselves? not buying the explanation
30. gizmoduck - December 1, 2009 7:35 PM
just say'n
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32. siberianmoosecow - December 1, 2009 8:02 PM
a clear reason why women should not be allowed to drive
33. DKNL - December 2, 2009 4:01 AM
Am I the only person who thinks that the location is ironic?
'Cremona' it does have some cremated ring to it, plus someone IS going to get burned (burnt whatever)
Yet somehow I feel like the Geekologie Writer wants to blame it on robots trying to destroy the human race. (Don't know why...:p)
P.S. I realy love the way this site is compatible with the Playstation 3 web-browser. Don't ever change that.
34. Ginormagantuan - December 2, 2009 5:37 AM
I tell you why this hapened, roads here are built by retarded toddlers or something!!!! the is no such thing a a little bit of an onramp in some of these gas sations here!!! is like they want you to just BOOM jump into traffic and not even get you a chance to get up to speed before mergin onto traffic and then you get some rich mofo with a fast Audi or Bimmer or some fancy Ferrari going 200+ clicks, you may not have seen them when you first merged in and next thing you know they are on your a$$ it's hard to get around if you only have a 1.5 liter 4 banger toyota yaris like me with ANEMIC acceleration on this crazy roads with people driving insanely fast in their crazy european supercars!!!!!! the stupidly built roads don't help!!!!!!!!! MAN! I STILL GOTTA LIVE IN THIS SH*THOLE OF A COUNTRY FOR @ MORE YRS!!!!!! No matter how cool they make Italy look all sweet and stuff in movies, but it sucks living here, visiting may be okay just to do like a week or two go to the beach and do the tourist thing, try living here though you will HATE IT!!!!!! F*CK ITALY!!!!!!!
35. Ginormagantuan - December 2, 2009 5:41 AM
GOLD STAR READER NIGGGAAAZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111oneone
36. Leonidas Smith Jeans - December 2, 2009 6:07 AM
@34: I like to drive a fast Bimmer. It's called my legs.
37. Donk Donkerson - December 2, 2009 6:45 AM
It would have been a more positive outcome if both people in the car were killed but the car was unharmed.
38. Ebee - December 2, 2009 7:13 AM
I might have traded an organ fot the lambo before the wreck, but they can keep it now i saw a little scratch on the side.
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39. Bruno - December 2, 2009 7:26 AM
And how about thosee reading since Hedonistica times? :)
40. John - December 2, 2009 8:44 AM
So, they are supposed to be like an organ delivery service right? In a high speed car shaped like a knife, wouldn't they more aptly be reffered to as organ harvesters?
Mario, quick....delivery these two pizzas to Gambini as fast as you can.....
Luigi, follow Mario and pick up the goombas he hits for organ donors, we need two kidneys and a liver.
41. Eru - December 2, 2009 9:03 AM
Fucking pigs.
42. Momboelitist - December 2, 2009 9:20 AM
These foreigners can't even spell let alone drive. Putting a "Z" in police, ba, ha, ha!
43. monkeypizza - December 2, 2009 8:59 PM
i did that with my penis once