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Lamborghini burnt to a crisp on Highway 99, causes traffic delay

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People travelling southbound on Highway 99 were delayed because of a Lamborghini that went up in flames.

It happened at approximately 4 p.m. PT next to the orange bridge between Squamish and Daisy Lake.

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The car, a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4, is owned by Scenic Rush, a company that rents the Lamborghini and other high-end vehicles for day trips along the Sea-to-Sky Highway.

Scenic Rush co-owner Thom Boecker said a client was driving the vehicle, but was uninjured.

“It looked pretty serious, but it was a pretty minor collision. We don’t know what caused it to burst into flames,” he said.

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Boecker added that it was the first accident in the company’s three years in operation.

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Marshall Mills, who was in a car behind the Lamborghini when the accident happened, said the driver should have been going slower.

“The conditions out there were horrible,” he said.

“It was like a monsoon at the time of the incident. We were in a BMW X3 with brand new tires…it was not safe to be driving that kind of horsepower.”

Traffic was reopened on Highway 99 shortly after 5 p.m.

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