Number 8 Soraja Vucelic In the summer of 2019, former Playboy model
Soraja Vucelic crashed a Lamborghini while on holiday in Cannes, on the French Riviera,
and the incident was reportedly triggered by her choice of footwear. 32-year-old Vucelic,
who’d begun modeling at the age of 19 and had once been named Serbian Playboy’s Playmate
of the Year, posted a video of the crash’s aftermath to her social media.
In it, the blue supercar was seen still attached to a harnesses after it had been hoisted out
of a swimming pool.
Vucelic wrote in the video’s caption that the Lamborghini had ended up in the water
after her high heel had slipped off the brake pedal.
The clip was met with numerous comments from her over 350,000 followers, some of whom suggested
that Vucelic’s relaxed attitude towards the crash stemmed from her not being the car’s
owner.
It reportedly belonged to her boyfriend, only named as Vladimir and identified as the son
of a Russian billionaire.
In the past Vucelic had also been linked to soccer superstar Neymar.
Other users quipped that the state of the vehicle was unimportant and that they were
glad to know the model’s heel wasn’t broken in the incident.
Number 7 Irina Borisova Shadrina Florida woman Irina Borisova Shadrina, aged
33, surrendered to Miami-Dade police, in the fall of 2021, two weeks after an accident
that had ended in the death of a supercar owner.
On October the 15th, Lionel Michael Marquez had car trouble while travelling along the
westbound lanes on the 163rd Street bridge, in north Miami Beach.
61-year-old Marquez went out to check the engine of his 2021 Ferrari SF90 and was standing
by the rear of the vehicle.
Shadrina, an event planner at a nearby waterfront restaurant, approached the same spot while
driving in her Maserati.
According to a police report, she swerved to the left and struck Marquez, sending him
plummeting into the Intracoastal Waterway, roughly 30 feet below.
Shadrina kept driving for another 450 feet east of the crash’s location and only stopped
upon slamming into a barrier wall which caused her front tire to become detached from the
vehicle.
Police arrived at the scene of the crash at around 11 pm and found the two crashed cars
surrounded by dozens of witnesses.
After taping off the area, the authorities spent hours searching for Marquez, whose lifeless
body they eventually pulled from the water the following day.
In the immediate aftermath, the police collected blood samples from Shadrina after noticing
that her eyes were watery and red.
Subsequent analysis revealed that her blood alcohol content was roughly three times over
the legal driving limit in Florida.
She subsequently faced felony charges of vehicular homicide and manslaughter, which carried a
maximum punishment of up to 30 years in prison.
Number 6 Gage Gillean A Texas teenager crashed his father’s one-of-a-kind
Pagani Huayra Roadster, in November of 2020, then took to social media and expressed what
many viewed as a rather careless reaction to the incident.
Gage Gillean’s father, Tim, had founded Cross Equities, a Dallas-based private equity
firm.
He owned a fleet of high-end vehicles that included a Bugatti, Ferrari, McLaren and Koenigsegg,
which he’d made available to his son.
As an aspiring YouTuber, Gage ran the channel GG Exotics, which was primarily focused on
supercar-related content and often featured his multi-millionaire parent.
Gage later told his subscribers that he was out on a drive in the Pagani, along with friend
and fellow YouTuber Zach Walker, when he felt the back right tire fail.
As per his account of the events that followed, Gage lost control and hit the curb, which
sent the Pagani flying into a tree.
The teen related that the doors became detached from the supercar on impact and that its front
was completely destroyed.
While Gage had blamed the accident on tire pressure, there were rumors that he was speeding
and could no longer handle the supercar before hitting the tree.
In the immediate aftermath he made an Instagram post about the accident to say that it “happens”
and later posted a photo with his arm in a sling.
Neither YouTuber sustained life-threatening injuries in the crash but the Pagani, estimated
at $3.4 million, was completely totaled.
When asked about his father’s reaction to the incident, Gage admitted that he was “mad
upset” but went on to say that “a car is replaceable, I'm not replaceable”.
Number 5 Crash in Swiss Alps A crash involving two supercars along with
several other vehicles was reported in the summer of 2020, on a roadway in the Swiss
Alps.
According to information released to the media by local authorities, a motorhome had been
slowing down traffic up Gotthard Pass.
The driver of a Bugatti Chiron, which at the time was one of the most expensive vehicles
in the world with a price tag of around $3 million, then tried to overtake the motorhome
at the same time as the driver of a Porsche 911 Cabriolet.
The two high performance vehicles collided with each other which then caused the Bugatti
to hit the motorhome and the other vehicle to crash into a Mercedes.
The driver of the latter was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but none of
those involved in the accident were reported to have been left in life-threatening condition.
A video subsequently shared on social media showed both the Bugatti and Porsche with their
airbags deployed.
The footage also revealed the damage that they’d sustained, with the former having
its grille, front bumper and hood busted while the Porsche’s front had been completely
mangled on its left side.
Local news publication 20 Minuten estimated that the total damage of the accident was
over $3 million.
Number 4 Ling Gu In the early hours of March the 18th of 2012,
a brutal crash involving a Ferrari 458 Spider was reported in Beijing, China.
The vehicle had been travelling at such speeds that it split in two upon hitting a bridge
at around 4 am.
Photos of the accident began to circulate on internal social media sites in the immediate
aftermath but, shortly thereafter, information related to the incident started to disappear
or became inaccessible.
As news outlets outside of China started to cover the story, the possibility of a government
cover-up began to take shape.
Reports indicated that local police had initially attempted to conceal the identity of the driver
involved in the crash by recording a different name on forms associated with the incident.
The man behind the wheel of the Ferrari was ultimately identified as 23-year-old Ling
Gu, son of Ling Jihua, who was among then-President Hu Jintao's most trusted political advisors.
The New York Times reported that Gu and two female passengers were “in a state of undress”
in the two-seat supercar at the time of the crash.
The women both sustained severe injuries and one was said to have been left paralyzed from
the neck down.
Gu’s fate wasn’t made immediately clear but the prevailing narrative was that he’d
died at the scene, a theory supported by the fact that his college friends hadn’t heard
from him since and his social media hadn’t been updated.
The circumstances surrounding Gu’s death caused a considerable degree of outrage among
the country’s middle-classes.
Many felt that the incident further exposed the opulent lives that those in positions
of authority and their relatives lived while trying to maintain a working class façade.
A few months after the story broke, Ling Jihua, who’d been responsible for leadership security,
was removed from his position.
Number 3 Wiyang Lautner A 24-year-old man lost control of his Lamborghini
while racing against a Ferrari in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, in late 2015.
Unable to regain a grip on his supercar, Wiyang Lautner then plowed into a street vendor as
well as a married couple, only named as 41-year-old Srikanti and her husband Kuswantoro, aged
51.
The latter’s body was dragged by the Lamborghini for several feet before the vehicle crashed
into a tree.
Kuswantoro was pronounced dead while his wife and the street vendor both suffered broken
legs after being struck by the high-performance vehicle.
Witnesses caught a video of the events that followed and the footage, which was picked
up by multiple media outlets, showed Lautner texting and speaking on his cellphone while
hanging out the window of his crashed supercar, struggling to get out.
Lautner was arrested and charged with violating traffic laws through his reckless driving,
which carried a maximum punishment of 6 years in prison and a fine of less than $1,000.
However, according to updates on the matter, the Surabaya District Court gave Lautner a
prison sentence of only five months.
The judge explained that the lighter sentence stemmed from the fact that the young man’s
family had been financially assisting the victims and their families since the accident,
and had pledged to continue providing financial assistance in the future.
Number 2 Amelia Hungerford Australian lifestyle journalist Amelia Hungerford
was invited to an event held by McLaren, in 2018, which involved breakfast at a hotel
in Woolloomooloo as well as testing one of their supercars.
The drive was recorded via a GoPro camera and the footage showed the journalist initially
having trouble starting the vehicle, as the brake reportedly needed to be fully pressed.
Then, while driving through Kuring-Gai National Park, Hungerford rounded a corner and briefly
lost control of the McLaren.
She ended up on the wrong side of the road and slammed into cyclist James Tan, a man
in his 50s.
Hungerford was, at the time, driving at roughly double the speed enforced by an advisory sign.
Tan was left with severe injuries to his leg and face, which he subsequently claimed had
significantly impacted his health and work as a dentist.
While at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court, in 2019, Hungerford pleaded guilty to dangerous
driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and was given a one year sentence.
She tried to appeal, but the decision was upheld and the 31-year-old was jailed.
Number 1 Jajuan Aldai Smith In mid-April of 2021, officers from the Tampa
Police Department, in Florida, spotted a 2018 Ferrari 488 Spider, which had been reported
stolen out of Sarasota.
The suspected carjacker behind the wheel was subsequently identified as 22-year-old Jajuan
Aldai Smith.
He managed to evade the authorities during an initial chase.
Additional units then assisted the pursuit and followed the vehicle to the Riverside
Palms Apartments, where it was ultimately boxed in by law enforcement.
It was later revealed that, during his attempt to avoid capture, Smith had severely damaged
the supercar on its front-left side.
A passenger in the vehicle was released after questioning while Smith was arrested at the
scene.
A search of the stolen Ferrari resulted in a Glock 9 mm handgun being found on the driver’s
side floorboard. Smith’s subsequent charges included, aside from grand theft auto, felon
in possession of a firearm and aggravated fleeing to elude.
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