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发帖数: 2424 | 3 开庭了，据说是骗保套现220万美元
Bugatti Veyron crashing into lake (still snipped from YouTube)The 2009
YouTube video that caught a man crashing his $1 million 2006 Bugatti Veyron
into a roadside lagoon in Texas went viral, notching almost 4 million views,
and is now at the center of an impending insurance-fraud trial. In the
video (which appears after the jump and contains a bit of language some may
find offensive), the Veyron, one of the world's fastest production cars, can
be seen veering into the water.
An insurance company filed suit against the Veyron's owner, Andy House,
claiming he had swerved intentionally in order to collect on a $2.2 million
insurance policy he had purchased three weeks earlier. House reportedly told
police he dropped his phone while behind the wheel on a highway in
Galveston, Texas.
"[House] jerked the wheel, dropped his cellphone, and the car’s front tire
left the frontage road and entered a muddy patch, which foiled his attempt
to maneuver away from the lagoon," according a report by Chris Paschenko of
The Galveston Daily News. When he looked up, he reportedly saw a pelican and
veered into the lagoon.
The case now hinges on the pelican, which lawyers for the insurance company
say does not make an appearance in the video and hence cannot have caused
the accident. They also claim House made no effort to brake to avoid
plunging into the water.
House, meanwhile, has filed a countersuit to recoup $2.2 million in damage
to the rare car -- of which a total of 300 have been sold. Ever.
Before the Veyron's engine conked out for good, it did not go down without a
fight, according to Paschenko: "The Veyron's powerful engine gurgled like
an outboard motor for about 15 minutes before it died."
【在 b********6 的大作中提到】
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