Speed and Judgement

WOODLAND HILLS, California — A Lamborghini apparently driven recklessly led to the death of its 30-year-old driver in a fiery freeway crash and the closing of the road for several hours. The 2:30 a.m. Saturday accident on California's 101 freeway saw the lime-green 2008 Lamborghini Murciélago crash through a guardrail and fall over the side of the freeway into a parking structure, where it burst into flames, local media reported.

The driver, a man from Calabasas, was pronounced dead on the scene. His name was not released at the time of the accident, pending notification of relatives. Witnesses cited by the Los Angeles Times and local television said the Lamborghini was spotted driving at high speed on the Ventura Freeway west of Topanga Canyon Boulevard just before the crash. At least one news report said there was some possibility, now under investigation, that the driver lost control when trying to avoid another accident on the highway.



It took six hours for workers to clear the completely burned-out wreckage from the scene, closing the freeway until about 8:45 a.m., the paper said.

What this means to you: A sobering reminder that speed and judgment must be inextricably linked. — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent