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Winning and wrecking

Ever want to drive around in a bright yellow Lamborghini for a day? New York-based Gotham Dream Cars LLC will deliver exotic cars like a Lamborghini Gollardo to customers' doorsteps for a rental fee ranging from $595 to $1,950 per day. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
Ever want to drive around in a bright yellow Lamborghini for a day? New York-based Gotham Dream Cars LLC will deliver exotic cars like a Lamborghini Gollardo to customers' doorsteps for a rental fee ranging from $595 to $1,950 per day. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

SANTAQUIN, Utah (AP) -- A Utah man who won a $380,000 Lamborghini in a convenience store chain's contest crashed the sports car six hours after he got it.

The lime green Murcielago Roadster was set to leave for a Las Vegas body shop Wednesday for repairs, just days after Santaquin resident David Dopp won it in Maverik stores' "Joe Schmo to Lambo" contest.

"Yeah, I got it on Saturday and I wrecked it on Saturday," Dopp told KSL-TV.

He said he was taking friends and family on joy rides that evening on the outskirts of town. He said he took a curve at 40 or 50 mph when the vehicle hit ice or loose gravel and started spinning. More here.

When were you last in a car accident?

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