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A garage worker has written off a client's brand new £245,000 Ferrari after taking it for a test drive following an MOT and crashing it into a lamppost.
The junior road tester from a local MOT centre had taken the dark blue Ferrari 612 Scaglietti for a spin to 'put it through its paces' before returning it to its owner.
But the driver lost control of the car, which has a top speed of 193mph and goes from 0-60 in just four seconds, before mounting a two-foot wall and landing in the middle of a roundabout.
The driver, who is in his early 20s, was treated for shock at the scene in New Malden, Surrey, but was unhurt.
The top-of-the-range car is one of only a handful in the UK .
A source said the car was being given a 'quick road test' before being handed back to its owner, who was 'obviously not happy that their pride and joy has been wrecked.'
'The poor sod driving the car is insured, but these cars don't come along very often and they cost a hell of a lot of money,' the source said.
'There's a two-year waiting list for a car like this, so the guy will have a wait a bit before he can get behind the wheel of that kind of motor again.'
Onlooker Gary Adams said: 'He was driving along one minute and the next the car was in the middle of the roundabout.
'He looked pretty stressed out when he realised the car was wrecked and kept saying his bosses would kill him.'
Another eyewitness, who did not want to be named, said: 'It was a bit bizarre. He just lost control and smashed into a lamppost and then the car mounted the roundabout and ended up in the middle of it.
'There were no other cars involved - he just lost it as he went round the roundabout.'
Police called to the scene said the crash was being treated as a 'one car accident' and that an investigation was not necessary.
