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A Lamborghini was destroyed in the crash in the Datun Road Tunnel in Chaoyang district in Beijing on Saturday. Photo: AFP
Police have detained the drivers of a Lamborghini and a Ferrari that crashed in a Beijing tunnel during a suspected road race on Saturday night and said they were unemployed.
The cars were travelling at over 160km/h, nearly three times the speed limit, when they spun out of control and the Lamborghini slammed into the side of the Datun Road Tunnel in Chaoyang district at around 10pm, according to the capital's traffic police. It was raining heavily at the time.
The two suspects were identified as a 20-year-old man surnamed Yu from Changchun in the northeastern province of Jilin, who was driving the Ferrari, while a man surnamed Tang, aged 21, from Beijing, was in the Lamborghini, police said, adding that both were jobless. One person in the Lamborghini was slightly injured.
The crash has drawn attention online, with some questioning how the suspects were able to get access to the luxury vehicles. It also came hours before a midnight screening of the latest instalment of the blockbuster Fast and Furious franchise in Beijing.
“Socialism is so good that it allows unemployed people to drive supercars,” one posting said on Weibo. “What are their names? Who are their fathers?” another posting asked.
The area is notorious for road-racing, and witnesses said the two cars were jostling for the lead when the crash occurred. They bumped sides as the Lamborghini tried to pull ahead, which sent it careening into the side of the tunnel. It ran over a low-sitting guard rail and tore down chunks of white panel.
The Ferrari was damaged on the side and read. The cars were travelling at over 160km/h, nearly three times the speed limit, the police said. Photo: SCMP Pictures
The front of the Lamborghini was ripped off while the Ferrari was damaged on its side and rear. Pieces of the vehicles were strewn across the tunnel.
The speed limit in the area is 60km/h. No tyre marks were found to indicate the drivers had tried to brake.
Witnesses said the two drivers belonged to the same car club. A manager of a company that rents luxury sports cars in Shanghai said it was difficult to judge whether the men owned the cars or were renting them. There was no way to know if a potential client wanted to lease a vehicle for normal use or for road racing.
Locals have long complained to the police about drivers gathering to hold races at night but the authorities say it's difficult to catch them.
During weekends more than 10 motorcycles and several sports cars have been found racing back and forth through the tunnel. Some vehicles didn't have licence plates, while others covered them with paper, local media said.
Lamborghinis sell for between 4 million yuan (HK$5 million) and 8 million yuan in the capital; Ferraris cost between 3 million yuan and 6 million yuan. Mainland media reported the Lamborghini belonged to the Aventador series, while the Ferrari was a 458 Italia.
The scene brought back memories of a crash in the capital three years ago that killed Ling Gu, the only son of once-rising political star Ling Jihua. Ling Gu was killed when he lost control of his black Ferrari 458 Spider Ferrari on the North Fourth Ring Road. One woman later died from her injuries.
Ling Jihua, previously an aide to former president Hu Jintao, was sidelined from politics over an attempted cover-up of the crash, and was later charged with corruption and abuse of power.
Beijing's 'Fast and Furious' charged with dangerous driving
Xinhua, May 4, 2015
Two young men that staged a real-life "Fast and Furious" drag race in downtown Beijing have been charged with dangerous driving, local authorities said Monday.
A Lamborghini and Ferrari crashes in a high-speed race in a tunnel near the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing on April 12. [Xinhua photo]
The Beijing Chaoyang District People's Procuratorate said they filed the charges against Yu, 20, and Tang, 21, on Monday and the case was accepted by the Chaoyang District People's Court.
On April 11, Yu drove a red Ferrari in a drag race against Tang's green Lamborghini on Datun Road. Both vehicles were severely damaged when they careered through a tunnel guardrail, before smashing into walls at speeds of more than 160 km/h, according to the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau.
Pictures circulating on Sina Weibo show the totaled cars in the tunnel, with wreckage scattered on the ground.
One of the drivers was injured in the accident, the bureau said, adding that neither driver was employed.
The case caused quite a stir on the Internet, renewing criticism on the reckless behavior and blatant lawbreaking by some members of the "second wealthy generation", the children of China's new rich.
Beijing road racers Yu Muchun (left) and Lamborghini driver Tang Wentian during their trial on Thursday. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Beijing’s notorious “Fast and Furious” duo of illegal road racers who wrecked a Lamborghini and a Ferrari worth millions of yuan in early April received jail sentences at a district court in the capital on Thursday morning.
The pair pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and told the court they had no plans to appeal.
“I made a mistake, had a bad influence on the society, and hurt my family and friends,” the official Weibo account of Chaoyang District court, which live blogged the trial, quoted the Lamborghini driver, a 21-year-old Tang Wentian, as saying.
The court heard the cars were travelling between 165km/h and 179km/h – three times the speed limit – when they span out of control in the Datun Road Tunnel near the Olympic Stadium.
The Lamborghini veered to the side, ran over a guardrail and hit the tunnel wall, tearing off chunks of panelling, while the Ferrari – driven by a 20 year old Yu Muchun from Changchun, Jilin province – was damaged on its side and rear, the China News Service reported in April.
All that was left of Tang Wentian's multi-million-yuan Lamborghini after the crash. Photo: AFP
The defence lawyer said the young drivers were fist-time offenders who called police right after the crash, adding that they had paid a total of 320,000 yuan (HK$405,000) in compensation to relevant parties.
A woman passenger, surnamed Xu, in the Lamborghini was treated in hospital for a fractured lumbar vertebra.
But the court dismissed their request for leniency, saying the offences required jail terms –five months for Tang and four months for Yu – and fines totalling 18,000 yuan as a deterrent against similar incidents.
The crash was not the first in the capital involving expensive imported sports cars, and speculation was rife whether the young drivers, both in their early 20s, were from families of senior government officials or rich businesspeople.
Tang’s family denied the rumours, saying their son bought his sports car after he made a fortune in the booming stock market this year.
Yu told mainland media that the Ferrari was borrowed.
