after only 6 hours of driving it.
A truck driver for Frito-Lay in Utah, David
Dopp, won a Lamborghini Murcielago in a
shop contest at a convenience store
recently.
Six hours after receipt of the luxury car, it crashed.
Before that even happened, he was detained by
police for driving too fast. After that, he went out of
control after hitting a patch of black ice which
caused the vehicle to fly 75 feet off the road.
Reports indicate that he was going somewhere
between 40 to 50 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone.
Driving a Murcielago is not the same as driving a
delivery truck for Frito-Lay, no matter how good of
a driver one claims to be. According to some
reports, insurance fraud may have been a key
reason.
Here's why: to pay car insurance, Dopp had to put
his home up for collateral. According to a source he
is waiting for the car to be declared totaled in order
to obtain the insurance payment, which comes in at
about $300,000. This same source also said that he
would sell the car regardless because taxes, which
could be more than $100,000.
People have urged him to sell the car to Jay Leno
before he totaled it, according to reports. So is this
fraud? It is difficult to prove, but the story tells us
that people who cannot afford to buy a super car
should simply not accept such a car even if it is for free.
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