Man Distracted By Bird Drives Bugatti Into Marsh

LA MARQUE, Texas — A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston.

The Lufkin, Texas, man told of driving his luxury, French-built Bugatti Veyron when the bird distracted him, said La Marque police Lt. Greg Gilchrist. The motorist dropped his cell phone, reached to pick it up and veered off the road and into the salt marsh. The car was half-submerged in the brine about 20 feet from the road when police arrived.

Gilchrist said he doesn't know if the car was salvageable, but in his words, "Salt water isn't good for anything." He says the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was not injured.

A 2006 Bugatti Veyron was recently offered for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., for $1.25 million.

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[www accidentsinla com]

I wonder how this will turn out. I think the insurance company is going to put up a big fight before they pay out anything for the property damage.

[TerrapinCB]

I think the Sheriff's Department needs to follow up on the recent accident of the Bugatti into the water in Galveston County in La Marque. There is now a video of the accident happening and it sure looks like a controlled accident. It is also not a surprise that the driver of the Bugatti is also the owner of Performance Auto Sales (The leader in salvage rebuilders. 936-414-2295 Andy House.)

This sounds like a big insurance scam.

Links:
Video of the "accident" can be found here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtY1GMPfadI

Performance Auto Sales
http://www.performanceautoworld.com/about_us

[Frankobolo]

What so many news reports have missed about this incident is on the car the spoiler is fully extended in the photograph. The car automatically extends at very high speeds to keep the rear of the car on the ground. The driver chooses different driving modes and this driver obviously was in the ultimate high speed mode when he lost control of the car. Something is wrong with his account of what happened!

[Rhayden]

Even if I had the money, I wouldn't buy one of those. They're basically a rocket on wheels, with 1 K horsepower. Who needs that? I'd take a Ferrari first any day. Less than half the price, half the horsepower but twice the car.

[drivesafely]

Distraction behind wheel is dangerous. It is safe to use drivesafe.ly mobile application to make sure you listen and not read messages.

[sadsac]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_x-Qy72Q8Q

Not a pelican in sight! Looks like a case of insurance fraud.

[beekeeper]

So he says......

[patrickmcdougal]

Teabaggers
you have been used, so sad so sad
and yet you still proclaim Raygun as your God
Fools

[patrickmcdougal]

Man owns Million Dollar Car!!!
Yes the rich need tax cuts!!!

[KellyKay]

Ok people, how hard can this little driving quiz be: You drop your cell phone on the floor of your car while driving, what should you do next?

[DudleysPa]

It may have been the result of a language barrier. At the beginning of the chapter covering operating procedures the owners manual clearly states..."­La Bugatti Veyron est une voiture, ce n'est pas un bateau." That doesn't help if you can't read French.

[Scorch20]

karma..and he blames he bird rather than his poor driving abilities. And really what road in the US can you exceed 80 miles without the "revenue collectors" being out in force.

[KellyKay]

In Texas that was probably the posted minium speed.

[greenwren]

Two words:

Insurance scam.

[lgg]

oops

[PCMinistry]

I saw the pic and immediately thought, "Please don't let that be a Veyron!" But it was a Veyron. *tear*