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Author: Simon Perry

Ferrari 360 Spider Charity Crash (Updated)

9:03 am Monday, 11th October, 2010, Isle of Wight

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A recent court case has revealed that the generosity of a car dealer in supporting the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (UPDATE: Thanks to research done by Sherie Williams Ellen of IW Air Ambulance, we’ve found out that The Telegraph got this wrong, he was raising funds for the …) Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance at a charity event back-fired.

Ferrari 360 Spider Charity CrashChris Carey, of Eastleigh Hampshire, kindly offered to raise money for the Air Ambulance by letting people have a drive in his Ferrari 360 Spider in exchange for a £15 donation to the charity.

All was going well until a friend, David Eldridge, took the wheel and crashed it into a tree, causing the car to burst into flames, wrecking the £50,000 car. Fortunately no-one was injured.

What led Chris Carey to court was his subsequent insurance claim, which stated that he was driving the car, not the uninsured Eldridge.

This is Hampshire is reporting that Carey was ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work after admitting the fraud.

[The Telegraph]

Image: A Ferrari 360 Spider (not THE car) by thecarspy under CC BY 2.0

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3 readers' comments to the “Ferrari 360 Spider Charity Crash (Updated)” story

  1. +1 Click if you like this comment Sailor Sam     says:
    11, October 2010 at 9:21 am

    Surely he must of known the laws on motoring insurance!?

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  2. +1 Click if you like this comment Nick Edwards     says:
    11, October 2010 at 10:19 am

    As I began reading that story, I thought “I wonder how he managed to arrange insurance for that?”….

    Obviously, you have answered my question!

    Hmmm. Wouldn’t have liked to have met that car in an accident :-(

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  3. +1 Click if you like this comment The Auditor     says:
    12, October 2010 at 8:59 am

    Oops! What a prat – his insurance company won’t be paying a penny for this since since the driver was not insured.

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