Update: Someone Just Abandoned A Lamborghini Countach On Tower Bridge At Rush Hour
Tower Bridge N/B there's a lane blocked due to an abandoned car..... Anyone missing theirs? pic.twitter.com/9H9agFPEiH
— TfL Traffic News (@TfLTrafficNews) October 9, 2014
Usually when we spot an abandoned car, it’s a knackered old hatchback ditched at the side of the road. But that’s not the case here. It seems someone has dumped a pristine white Lamborghini Countach on London’s Tower Bridge, blocking a lane right in the middle of rush hour.
Just the usual Countach breakdown on Tower Bridge. pic.twitter.com/k3jqXR9M51
— Deryk Foote (@derykfoote) October 8, 2014
We’ll bring you any developments to this bizarre story as they arrive.
Tower Bridge northbound the earlier abandoned vehicle has now been removed and all lanes are open
— TfL Traffic News (@TfLTrafficNews) October 9, 2014
It looks like police officers were unable to contact the owner, so a recovery vehicle was called and the Countach has been removed. Someone is going to be very upset when they return…
Update 2
Video has emerged of the moment recovery crews took the Countach away, but there’s a twist to the story. The Telegraph is reporting that the driver of the Lamborghini ran out of petrol on Wednesday night, and abandoned the car on Tower Bridge. When police ran the plates they were registered to a Land Rover, with the owner having a warrant out for his arrest. Police eventually found the unnamed man in the City of London, where he was arrested.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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