Talk about a sinking feeling: Lamborghini owner ‘confuses the brake and accelerator pedals’ and reverses his £160,000 supercar into 50ft-deep Austrian lake
- Lamborghini owner accidentally reversed his £160,000 supercar into a lake
- The 31-year-old motorist was driving through the Austrian town of Mondsee
- He ‘mixed up the brake and accelerator pedals’ and drove car into the lake
A Lamborghini owner had a lucky escape when he accidentally reversed his £160,000 supercar into a lake in Austria.
The 31-year-old motorist had been driving through the town of Mondsee when he ‘mixed up the brake and accelerator pedals’ and drove his Lamborghini Huracán backwards into the lake.
The driver was able to scramble out of the car alive and swim to shore as his vehicle sank 50ft into the water.
The Lamborghini owner has been driving through the town of Mondsee in Austria when he ‘mixed up the brake and accelerator pedals’ and drove his Lamborghini Huracán backwards into a lake
He was later taken to a local hospital where he was treated for minor injuries.
Following the accident, fire crews, a tow truck and a crane were sent to the scene to recover the supercar.
Images showed the vehicle being hauled out of the water as fire crews and the emergency services stood near the lake.
The rescue effort to remove the Huracán from the lake took a total of three hours, according to officials.
Fire crews, a tow truck and a crane were sent to the scene to recover the supercar from the lake
The police were also called in to investigate the incident in the Austrian town.
They said the driver had just dropped someone off and was in the process of turning around when the accident took place.
A spokesman for the force said the driver was turning the car around next to the lake and must have ‘mixed up the brake and accelerator pedals and drove backwards into the Mondsee.’
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