Hotel Valet Crashes Lamborghini Into Wall...
CCTV footage reportedly shows the valet getting into the car - it then lurched forward for no apparent reason.
The hotel owners and the valet are being sued. Pic: Big Boy Toyz
Pic: Big Boy Toyz
A valet charged with parking a Lamborghini Gallardo at a five-star hotel has crashed it into a concrete wall, causing $335,000 (£196,000) worth of damage.
Horrified guests witnessed the incident at Le Meridien hotel in New Delhi and the whole thing was reportedly caught on CCTV.
And instead of getting the tip, the hotel worker now faces the prospect of having to contribute to the repair bill.
The video is said to show the valet taking the car from the parking area to the porch entrance of the hotel where he then briefly got out.
After climbing back behind the wheel, the car then lurched forward for no apparent reason - sending a colleague diving for cover - and slammed head on into the wall.
The valet was injured and taken to hospital but discharged the same day.
A photograph published in the Times of India newspaper showed the front end of the sleek white supercar severely crumpled, with its hood forced up.
"The car had been parked by valets a number of times before," a friend of owner Nipun Miglani revealed.
A police case has been filed against Le Meridien - which has refused to accept responsibility - and the valet, named as Arun Kumar, with a claim for the full cost of the repairs.
The rear-wheel-drive Gallardo, named after a type of fighting bull, is capable of a top speed of around 200mph (321kph).
It sells in Europe for around $250,000 (£146,000) but import duties on supercars normally double their price in India.
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