A Porsche 911 sports car smashed into a tree and then burned down in Gurugram yesterday. The driver who fled the scene was reported to be speeding at the time of the crash.
The accident occurred at around 4 in the morning on Gurugram’s Golf Course road near the city’s Sector 27 area. The driver allegedly lost control of the speeding car which ended up hitting the divider and crossing over to the other side of the road.
The car then ended up smashing into a tree which brought it to a stop. Unfortunately, the accident saw the 911 sports car, which starts at around Rs 2 crore (ex-showroom) in India burst into flames.
Thankfully both occupants of the sports car, which was registered in Chandigarh and apparently heading towards Sikanderpur in Uttar Pradesh survived. However, both the driver and the passenger fled the scene of the accident.
The resulting fire forced residents from the area to call in the fire brigade. While the firefighters were able to finally put out the fire after battling it for around half an hour, it was too late for the Porsche 911.
The bright red, rear-engined sports car was almost completely reduced to ashes except for sections of the rear bumper, exhaust and alloy wheels. However, the front set of wheels looks to have lost quite a bit of the metal that keeps them in place. The rear wheels seem to have some rubber on them as well.
The rest of the car though has crumbled into nothingness with badly burnt sections of the frame of the sports car left standing. The front section of the car has melted away into scrap.
The reports that the owner of the car reached out to the Gurugram Police later the same day and informed them that his son had been behind the wheel of the car. The owner claimed that the accident occurred when his son tried to avoid hitting a dog that had suddenly appeared on the road.
Thoughts: The crash of the Porsche 911 is yet another example of the dangers of speeding. While we’re not happy that a brilliant sports car was burned to cinders, we were relieved to know that no lives were lost.
