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03-16-2006, 04:59 PM
Video May Hold Clues to PCH Wreck
L.A. County sheriff's officials say two men who crashed a rare Ferrari in Malibu last month may have been filming the incident.
By Richard Winton and David Pierson, Times Staff Writers
March 16, 2006
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's investigation into a mysterious crash that destroyed a rare $1-million Ferrari in Malibu last month is now focusing on a videotape that was purportedly shot from inside the vehicle at the time of the accident, according to sources close to the case.
The sources said that Ferrari owner Stefan Eriksson and the other man in the car, identified by authorities as Trevor Karney, had a video camera rolling as they raced on Pacific Coast Highway on the morning of Feb. 21 at speeds in excess of 162 mph.
Deputies who arrived at the scene did not recover any video equipment. But sources said detectives were later told that the high-speed driving was taped. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case is under investigation.
The revelation is the latest twist in a crash that has prompted both an accident investigation and a probe by the Sheriff's Department's Homeland Security Division.
Although no one was injured in the crash, the investigation has generated significant attention because of the strange circumstances and the fact that it destroyed one of only 400 Enzo Ferraris ever made.
More on this Story (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ferrari16mar16,0,6869781.story?coll=la-home-headlines)
Here's a picture of what an Enzo Ferrari looks like (and to think someone trashed one o these sweet expensive cars...)
http://fp.images.autos.msn.com/merismus/gallery/c442545a.jpg
L.A. County sheriff's officials say two men who crashed a rare Ferrari in Malibu last month may have been filming the incident.
By Richard Winton and David Pierson, Times Staff Writers
March 16, 2006
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's investigation into a mysterious crash that destroyed a rare $1-million Ferrari in Malibu last month is now focusing on a videotape that was purportedly shot from inside the vehicle at the time of the accident, according to sources close to the case.
The sources said that Ferrari owner Stefan Eriksson and the other man in the car, identified by authorities as Trevor Karney, had a video camera rolling as they raced on Pacific Coast Highway on the morning of Feb. 21 at speeds in excess of 162 mph.
Deputies who arrived at the scene did not recover any video equipment. But sources said detectives were later told that the high-speed driving was taped. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case is under investigation.
The revelation is the latest twist in a crash that has prompted both an accident investigation and a probe by the Sheriff's Department's Homeland Security Division.
Although no one was injured in the crash, the investigation has generated significant attention because of the strange circumstances and the fact that it destroyed one of only 400 Enzo Ferraris ever made.
More on this Story (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ferrari16mar16,0,6869781.story?coll=la-home-headlines)
Here's a picture of what an Enzo Ferrari looks like (and to think someone trashed one o these sweet expensive cars...)
http://fp.images.autos.msn.com/merismus/gallery/c442545a.jpg