Photo: Greg Senko on Instagram
BC 99, also known as Sea to Sky Highway, is one of the greatest roads in North America. The 254-mile (409 km) long highway connects Interstate 5 at the Canada-U.S. border in Surrey to British Columbia Highway 97 near Cache Creek, making it a spectacular roadway for the keenest of drivers. However, the driver of a Lamborghini Gallardo didn’t enjoy his stroll on British Columbia Highway 99.
Courtesy of Greg Senko on Instagram, the video and photo gallery featured below depict the Italian supercar burning to a crisp. Listen closely to the video and you’ll hear someone tell that the car had been driven in a not-exactly-safe manner, the reason why the driver lost control and crashed near the Big Orange Bridge at Culliton Creek.
The accident took place midway between Whistler and Squamish and, as it’s often the case with Italian thoroughbreds, the LP 560-4 caught fire and had burnt to the ground. Too much confidence in the all-wheel-drive system, bad weather, and erratic driving lead to such a scenario, especially in high-horsepower machines such as a Gallardo LP 560-4. I don’t mean to rub salt into the wound, but the orange-painted car was a rental, which means the driver wasn’t accustomed to the Italian exotica.
As per a Facebook post published by rental company Scenic Rush, the driver walked away without a scratch. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has closed the file and doesn’t plan to lay charges on the driver.
So what have we learned from this story? On the one hand, the person who paid to drive the Lamborghini is a butterfingered driver that relies more on a car’s innate characteristics than his talent behind the wheel. On the other hand, it’s safer to hone one’s skills and take a car to its limits on a track, not a public road.
The accident took place midway between Whistler and Squamish and, as it’s often the case with Italian thoroughbreds, the LP 560-4 caught fire and had burnt to the ground. Too much confidence in the all-wheel-drive system, bad weather, and erratic driving lead to such a scenario, especially in high-horsepower machines such as a Gallardo LP 560-4. I don’t mean to rub salt into the wound, but the orange-painted car was a rental, which means the driver wasn’t accustomed to the Italian exotica.
As per a Facebook post published by rental company Scenic Rush, the driver walked away without a scratch. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has closed the file and doesn’t plan to lay charges on the driver.
So what have we learned from this story? On the one hand, the person who paid to drive the Lamborghini is a butterfingered driver that relies more on a car’s innate characteristics than his talent behind the wheel. On the other hand, it’s safer to hone one’s skills and take a car to its limits on a track, not a public road.
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