IDIOTS OF THE YEAR

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"Million-Dollar Ferrari Crashes in Malibu From a Times Staff Writer A driver lost control of a Ferrari sports car traveling 120 mph along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu this morning, slamming into a power pole that cut the car — which sells for up to $1 million — in half, according to authorities. One man suffered minor injuries. He was identified as Stefan Erikssen, of Bel-Air, said Sgt. Philip Brooks of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. ADVERTISEMENT The sports car went airborne and struck a power pole 5 to 10 feet off the ground, Brooks said. The car was demolished, but two air bags deployed. "You pay a million bucks for a car, you expect safety," Brooks said. Investigators said they believe the driver was alone in the car and was engaged in a street race at the time of the accident. Erikssen told them the driver of the car fled on foot, but a search turned up no one, Brooks said. The crash took place about 6:15 a.m. near Decker Canyon Road, an exclusive area of multimillion-dollar estates overlooking the Pacific in west Malibu, near Leo Carrillo State Beach. The car — reportedly a Ferrari Enzo worth between $600,000 and $1 million — has a top speed of more than 200 mph. Traffic on PCH was disrupted this morning during the investigation of the incident. Brooks said the area is not known for street racing. "We get some speed violations, but nothing over 70 mph," Brooks said. "

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http://www.latimes.com/la-022106crash_lat,1,2400238.story?track=mostemailedlink&coll=la-headlines-business-invest&ctrack=1&cset=true

2/21/2006 10:27:36 PM

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""You pay a million bucks for a car, you expect safety," Brooks said."

ROFL! No you don't, you expect to be a BALLA

You buy a Volve for safety

2/21/2006 10:32:23 PM

its an enzo, it can't be that hard to track down the jackass in southern CA who suddenly no longer has one

2/21/2006 10:50:50 PM

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=368044&page=2

2/21/2006 11:36:56 PM

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""You pay a million bucks for a car, you expect safety," Brooks said."

He hit a pole at 120mph and fled on foot, sounds pretty damn safe to me.

2/22/2006 7:42:56 AM

whats the line....
roll it like you stole it

2/22/2006 9:07:13 AM

LOLzor,

this guy is a Gizmondo exec.

for those that don't know, the Gizmondo is a handeld gaming unit that failed miserably and I'm pretty sure the company just went bankrupt.

bad year for him so far...

2/22/2006 12:26:39 PM

It's cool. He probably had insurance.

2/22/2006 1:03:00 PM

well, whoever was driving supposedly "fled the scene", and Erikssen who claims he wasn't driving had an elevated BAC.

so insurance might not apply here...

2/22/2006 1:10:35 PM

Beautiful part of the country I must say.

2/22/2006 11:37:34 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qojFk8K7wQg&search=top%20gear%20nick%20mason

2/23/2006 9:07:43 AM

so is each half worth 500k now?

2/23/2006 11:52:21 AM

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"well, whoever was driving supposedly "fled the scene", and Erikssen who claims he wasn't driving had an elevated BAC. so insurance might not apply here... "

Thats just a bullshit story the guy made up. And even though Gizmondo failed miserably and defaulted on 100 million dollars worth of loans, the guy still got paid millions. He probably wrote the Enzo off as a business expense

2/23/2006 2:29:39 PM

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"He hit a pole at 120mph and fled on foot, sounds pretty damn safe to me."

2/23/2006 3:41:46 PM

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"And even though Gizmondo failed miserably and defaulted on 100 million dollars worth of loans, the guy still got paid millions."

welcome to the donald trump method of getting rich

2/24/2006 10:03:45 PM

damn. thats gonna take alot of drug deals for him to get a new one

2/27/2006 12:59:40 AM

update on the enzo wreck

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"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. Eriksson, a former European video game executive, told deputies who arrived at the scene that he was not the driver and that another man, named Dietrich, was behind the wheel. Eriksson said Dietrich fled the scene. But detectives have always been skeptical of his version of events. Investigators have taken a swab of Eriksson's saliva to match his DNA against blood found on the driver's side air bag of the Ferrari. Eriksson also told deputies that he was a deputy commissioner of the police department of a tiny transit agency in the San Gabriel Valley. A few minutes after the crash, two men arrived at the crash scene, identified themselves as homeland security officers and spoke to Eriksson at length before leaving. Sheriff's Sgt. Phil Brooks said Wednesday that a few weeks before the accident, Eriksson was pulled over in West Hollywood without a driver's license. At that time he told officers that he was a deputy police commissioner of the anti-terrorism unit of the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority and showed a badge, Brooks said. Before coming to the U.S., Eriksson lived in England. According to Noel Hogan, a British private investigator, formerly with Scotland Yard, Eriksson once told him that he was a police officer. Hogan had been trying to recover a Mercedes SLR worth more than $450,000 that had been reported stolen in England and which Eriksson had in his possession. Officials at the transit agency, which provides transportation for the disabled and elderly from Monrovia, said Eriksson was given the title of deputy police commissioner after undergoing a background check and offering the agency free video security cameras for its five buses. Eriksson left video game machine manufacturer Gizmondo last fall after a Swedish newspaper printed allegations of his criminal past. Brooks said Swedish police have informed sheriff's investigators that Eriksson served five years in prison in the early 1990s for a counterfeiting-related crime. Gizmondo, which hoped to compete with Sony and Nintendo gaming machines, earlier this year filed for bankruptcy amid more than $200 million in debts. An animated re-creation of the crash made available to The Times on Thursday shows the driver of the Ferrari losing control, veering right off the road and then traveling a considerable distance before hitting a power pole and splitting the sports car in half. "Anyone in that was lucky to survive," Brooks said. Brooks said officials were aware that a Scottish bank has claimed that it owns the Ferrari. Eriksson could face several charges if deputies determine he was driving, including reckless driving, driving while intoxicated and lying to investigators. In the aftermath of the crash, his blood-alcohol level was found to be 0.09%, above the 0.08% legal limit. Eriksson could not be reached for comment. "

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ferrari16mar16,0,6869781.story?coll=la-home-headlines

3/16/2006 7:21:39 PM

Where's the video

3/16/2006 7:55:21 PM

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"The car was demolished, but two air bags deployed. "You pay a million bucks for a car, you expect safety," Brooks said."

while the fact that neither of them got seriously injured is pretty good

what where they thinking? BUT two air bags deployed? shit what car's airbags WOULDN'T at 120....

3/18/2006 2:09:45 AM

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"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. "

OMFG TERRURISTS HAVE FERRARIS NOW?!?!?!?!?!

3/18/2006 12:47:54 PM

HOLY SHIT

He is f***ing luck to even be alive, what to talk of not even being hurt!

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"The famous Ferrari Enzo crash involving former Swedish game company executive Stefan Eriksson to place while he was traveling nearly 200 mph, reports the Malibu Times. New computations based on the skid marks were released by Los Angeles County Sheriff show Eriksson was driving 194 mph when his Enzo Ferrari wiped out Feb. 21. Meanwhile, a videotape shot from inside the car has been seen by at least one witness, who said the digital speedometer read 199 when the tape suddenly went “all flippy” as the camera malfunctioned during the crash. "

http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2006/05/17/news/news3.txt


BTW, he doesn't look 2 happy:



[Edited on May 19, 2006 at 5:53 PM. Reason : 312 kmph]

5/19/2006 5:51:52 PM

i saw this in a magazine...the value of enzos went up $100k as soon as it happened...

5/20/2006 4:41:18 PM

i hate how speeding at certain speeds gets you some serious jail time... thats bull shit

5/21/2006 9:00:02 PM

pretty sure I would do the same thing if I had an enzo

5/21/2006 10:26:47 PM

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"i hate how speeding at certain speeds gets you some serious jail time... thats bull shit"

Not really, considering how many morons out there can't drive even when they're going the limit... imagine the carnage...

5/23/2006 4:24:43 PM

lol

5/23/2006 4:38:51 PM