New Delhi, Jul 10: A valet of a five-star city hotel virtually totaled a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder last week. The valet appeared to have lost control of the car while bringing it to the porch, rammed into a stationary car, pushed it aside and caromed into the concrete railing of the rampart.
By the time the Lamborghini came to a halt after a resounding crash, the front of the Rs 3-crore plus supercar had caved in. The incident took place on July 3 at Le Meridian hotel. A hotel spokesperson said the incident was an error of the valet who also sustained injuries in the accident.
The car (WBO-6J 444) belongs to one Abid Fateh Mohmmed Khatri who is in construction business. Khatri's friend, Nipun Mglani, who made the PCR call about the accident, said that Khatri was travelling abroad and his cousins had taken the car to the hotel.
The Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder is no ordinary car. The sports car is Lamborghini's best-selling model with 14,022 custom built for customers desirous of its appeal. Named after a famous breed of fighting bull, the V-10 Gallardo has been Lamborghini's sales leader.
"The car had been parked by valets a number of times before. Even that afternoon, the valet took the car to the parking safely and even brought it back to the porch area without any hassles," Nipun said. But suddenly he lost control, missed another valet by a whisker before hitting it head on into the railing.
According to Nipun's version and the CCTV footage of the incident, the car took a turn at a slow speed and stopped at the porch around 2.30pm. A valet approached the car and the driver got out of the car briefly before getting back.
Suddenly, the car zoomed ahead at a high speed and rammed into another sedan from behind even as a valet jumped to the side to escape. The impact of Lamborghini's collision with the other car was such that the car got pushed and took a U-turn and hit another parked car.
Nipun said that the valet was identified as Arun Kumar. Kumar was later taken to the hospital where he was treated before being discharged the same day.
The owners claimed the front portion of the Lamborghini was wrecked and it was taken to the workshop on Tuesday night for repairs. The cost of the repairs was around Rs 2 crore, they claimed. They added that initially the hotel promised compensation but later declined to do so. Nipun said a complaint was, therefore, filed against valet Arun Kumar and Le Meridien hotel with Parliament Street police station.
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