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A supercar convoy broke traffic regulations by 'jumping red lights' and 'failing to give way' during the luxury rally that led to a horror crash and killed two in Italy on Monday, according to local media. Graphic footage captured the horrific moment billionaire Vikas Oberoi's blue Lamborghini appeared to turn into the path of a red Ferrari that was about to overtake him. The impact sent both cars flying into a camper van that flipped over, while the Ferrari Portofino belonging to two Swiss tourists crashed off the road and burst into flames. Swiss tourists Markus Krautli, 67, and his...

A driver of a Lamborghini was arrested for reckless driving by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) on Highway 1 in the Carmel Highlands. CHP says they received multiple calls about exotic vehicles driving recklessly in the area Saturday morning and responded to the scene within minutes. According to CHP, they saw the black Lamborghini driving the wrong way on a curve to pass three vehicles on Highway 1. They say the car was travelling over 100 miles per hour. The driver was arrested for reckless driving and his vehicle was towed. The California Highway Patrol says the driver endangered his...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Nelson Perez-Valdivia appeared in Miami-Dade bond court Tuesday morning, one day after he turned himself in to Florida Highway Patrol troopers after they said he was seen on video firing multiple gunshots from the passenger’s seat of a moving Lamborghini on the Palmetto Expressway last week. As the vehicle traveled at speeds of more than 100 mph, the 23-year-old Doral man is accused of firing the gun towards Tropical Park 14 times and then posting video of himself doing it. Perez-Valdivia, who required a Spanish translator, said nothing in court Tuesday. He faced charges of 14...

Despite global inflation rates and the expectation of recession across a number of countries, Italian supercar maker Lamborghini says business has been better than ever, with all of its vehicles already sold out through 2024. According to a new report from Bloomberg, the automaker is achieving record results in terms of vehicle orders and sales, delivering 5,090 cars over the first half of 2022. The figure represents a 4.9 percent increase over the same period last year and translates to a surge in operating profits by a staggering 70 percent. Most notably, 61 percent of its sales during the period...

The family of a woman killed in a West Los Angeles crash involving a speeding Lamborghini last year will receive at least $18.85 million after a wrongful death settlement was reached with the then 17-year-old driver, the family’s attorney announced Wednesday. The law firm representing the family called the agreement one of the largest settlements in California history for a single plaintiff in a wrongful death case. Monique Muñoz, 32, was killed on Feb. 17, 2021, when she was heading home from her job at UCLA Health. She was heading west on Olympic Boulevard and was waiting to turn left...

A pregnant Malaysian woman shared a video online in which she surprises her husband with a $650,000 Lamborghini in anticipation of his dedicated caretaking of her and their baby. Anes Ayuni Osman, 19, uploaded the video to TikTok on March 12, showing viewers how she surprised her husband by taking him into a car dealership blindfolded. In the video, her husband, 20-year-old Weldan Zulkefli, cries from happiness after seeing the turquoise Huracan Evo wrapped with a giant red bow. Osman is a cosmetics entrepreneur from Kelantan, Malaysia, where she plans to stay at her family’s home while recovering postpartum. She...

The Felicity Ace was being towed to land when it began to list to starboard in heavy seas about 250 miles off the Portuguese island chain and took on water in heavy seas, according to the ship's manager. The Portuguese navy confirmed that it sank in a location outside of Portugal's territorial waters that is over two miles deep.

The Felicity Ace, the cargo ship carrying cars and SUVs from brands including Audi, Porsche, Bentley and Lamborghini, has now sunk. It had caught fire on February 16 and its crew abandoned the ship. The largely burned out ship was being towed back to a safe port when it sank yesterday, according to a report provided by the salvage team to MOL Ship Management of Singapore, which operates the Panama-flagged ship. A spokesperson for Volkswagen Group confirmed that the automaker was aware of the vessel sinking. The Felicity Ace had been carrying nearly 4000 vehicles from various Volkswagen Group brands....

he Portugese Navy has confirmed this morning that one of its patrol boats came to the aid of the Felicity Ace, a car carrier transiting the Atlantic Ocean, as reported by the Washington Post. The vessel transmitted a distress signal after fire broke out in one of the cargo decks, with the ship announced as "not under command" shortly afterwards. Thankfully, the 22 crew on board have been reported as successfully evacuated from the ship. The Felicity Ace had departed from the port in Emden, Germany on February 10, believed to be carrying vehicles from Porsche and other Volkswagen Auto...

Armed smash-and-grab looters broke into a high-end exotic car dealership in Chicago, stealing millions of dollars in watches. "We're here to run a legitimate business, not be a western shootout," Joe Perillo, co-owner of Gold Coast Exotic Motor Cars, told ABC7. Two men reportedly entered the dealership, which boasts a showroom of Lamborghinis and Bentleys, around noon on Saturday. One man was armed with a gun and stood by the entrance of the dealership while the other man used a hammer to smash display cases and allegedly stole about eight luxury watches, Fox 32 reported. "He was smart enough not...

Another brazen smash-and-grab was caught on camera at a luxury car showroom in crime-stricken Chicago in which the suspects ran out with watches worth millions. Two men came into Gold Coast Auto Gallery on Saturday and conducted the robbery in less than 20 seconds. One stood by the door with a gun while the other smashed a display case with a hammer, stealing at least eight luxury watches.

Owner reunited with UrusWhen a 14-year-old boy tried to steal a $200,000 Lamborghini, the luxury SUV’s owner hopped on a scooter to chase after the culprit who’d stolen his prized possession. Chris Sander told WSVN he was at his home in Miami Beach Tuesday night when he heard the sound of his Lamborghini Urus’ engine roaring. “It’s just a straight hustle. Police going everywhere,” he said. “I’m in my home. I hear this thing start up. I look out the window and I see somebody driving it away. I got on the scooter, went after the guy.” The station reports...

A Texas man was driving a Lamborghini 141 mph in a 45 mph zone when the vehicle struck and killed a moped rider in the southwest Las Vegas Valley late Saturday, police said. Las Vegas police also say in an arrest report that the driver of the Lamborghini, Andrew James Rodriguez, 33, of New Braunfels, was suspected of alcohol impairment. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of driving under the influence causing death, reckless driving and driving without a valid license. “I killed someone,” an investigating officer quoted Rodriguez as saying at the scene of...

Drama as youth leader almost dies fasting for a Lamborghini for his girlfriend. There was drama, chaos and shock as a well-respected church member almost lost his life due to fasting. However, the reason for fasting is the one that has made this story be viral as it is. A Risen Saints Church Bindura youth leader Mark Muradzira (27) almost died after an absolute fast that lasted 33 days and 33 nights. He was fasting for a Lamborghini after his girlfriend had said it’s her dream car. He hid in the mountains so no one could force him to eat...

The teenage son of a multi-millionaire shopping company boss has been arrested in the death of a Los Angeles woman in a high-speed Lamborghini crash, DailyMail.com has learned. Brendan Khuri, 17, was behind the wheel of a Lamborghini SUV that allegedly was street racing with an Audi when it plowed into Monique Munoz's car last month, police said.

Police officers found the mysterious watermelon seller with his luxury Lamborghini in Istanbul, said to be an Iranian influencer who broadcasted the sale on his social media channels to his followers and fined him with 1,228 Turkish Liras ($165). The man following an internet phenomenon was fined for “using a vehicle with a reason other than mentioned in the license” and was also disqualified from driving for 15 days. The Iranian man, on Sept. 2, had stopped his Lamborghini in one of the busiest roads of the Beyoğlu district and started selling watermelons for five liras (60 cents). After the...

A Florida man was arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining $3.9 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and using those funds, in part, to purchase a sports car for himself. Authorities seized a $318,000 sports car and $3.4 million from bank accounts at the time of arrest. Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Kyle A. Myles of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Investigation’s Atlanta Regional Office, Inspector in Charge...

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Dr. Mary Gatter Deposition Testimony Excerpt 1 Testimony given under oath in Planned Parenthood Federation of America et al v. The Center for Medical Progress et al, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California No. 3:16-cv-00236. YES THIS IS THE LAMBORGHINI WOMAN

The boy said he left home with only $3 in his pocket after an argument with his mom because she refused to buy a sports car, the Utah Highway Patrol said.A 5-year-old boy from Utah wanted his mother to buy him a Lamborghini, and since she refused, he got in her car and attempted to drive to California himself to purchase one. The child's planned multistate journey, however, ended roughly five minutes after he took the car when a Utah Highway Patrol trooper pulled him over on the freeway Monday around noon. In a dash-cam video released by the department,...

A Utah Highway Patrol officer was shocked to find a five-year-old boy behind the wheel of a car during a traffic stop