Lamborghini, Ferrari involved in drag racing crash in Beijing tunnel
Beijing police have arrested two drivers whose supercars collided during a late-night drag race, in the latest scandal to strike the much-reviled offspring of China's newly rich.
The arrests for dangerous driving followed the crash Saturday night of a Lamborghini driven by a 21-year-old driver identified as Tang, and a Ferrari driven by a man identified as 20-year-old Yu.
The official Xinhua News Agency said Monday the two were roaring through a downtown tunnel at more than 160 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour) when they touched, causing one to careen into the wall. Xinhua said both cars were heavily damaged and one of the drivers was injured.
Pictures of the incident showed the Lamborghini almost completely destroyed, with only the driver's cockpit still intact. The Ferrari appeared to suffer less but still serious damage.
The children of China's millionaires and billionaires are frequent targets of online mockery for their perceived arrogance and profligacy. Although envied for their wealth, they are widely seen as products of a corrupt system that flaunt their status and use their family connections to escape responsibility for their actions.
Public outrage has at times been credited with prompting public apologies from those involved and stiffer punishments, particularly in cases where ordinary citizens were struck and killed by wealthy youngsters in expensive cars.
This photo taken early on April 12, 2015 shows a badly damaged Lamborghini car and debris in a tunnel after a crash involving a Ferrari in Beijing. The two cars crashed late on April 11 in a high-speed road race in Beijing as the seventh stunt-filled "Fast and the Furious" movie opened in China, the latest luxury car accident to provoke controversy.
