SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A Singapore-registered Ferrari crashed into a guard rail and caught fire on a highway in Pahang, Malaysia, on May 16.
The 458 Spider, a two-seater convertible, was en route to the resort town of Cherating on the east coast when the accident occurred at about 10.40am, reported Malaysian media outlets.
Both the driver and passenger escaped unscathed, said Chinese-language newspaper Sin Chew Daily.
The Rompin district police chief, Superintendent Sharif Shai Sharif Mondoi, said the driver was a 34-year-old Singaporean man, who works as an information technology engineer. His girlfriend, a 33-year-old from Hong Kong, was in the passenger seat.
“The car lost control suddenly and collided into the guard rail, causing it to be engulfed in flames entirely,” said Supt Sharif Shai.
Photos of the aftermath show the vehicle reduced to a charred wreckage by the roadside.
The car was among a convoy of 13 Ferraris travelling to Cherating, according to preliminary investigations.
No other vehicles were involved in the accident, and the driver was fined for failing to maintain control of his car, reported English daily New Straits Times.
The police are investigating the incident under the Road Traffic Act. - The Straits Times/Asia News Network
