Chinese motorist turns Lamborghini into smoking wreck after ‘trying to avoid cat’ ... and the car’s not his

A motorist who crashed and destroyed a Lamborghini sports car in eastern China said he lost control trying to avoid a cat, a newspaper reported.

The car was burned beyond recognition after the accident on Sunday in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, the Hangzhou Daily said.

The driver, a man aged about 20, told traffic police it was raining and the road was slippery, according to the article.

A cat jumped into the road after he passed another vehicle and the car swerved and went out of control after he braked, the motorist was quoted as saying.

Nobody was killed or injured, but a fire broke out and quickly engulfed the car, according to witnesses.

The driver, who was not named in the report, said he was not the owner of the car.