Heart-pounding moment as valet crashes guest's Lamborghini at Indian five-star hotel
Hotel refuses to claim responsibility to what car's owner says is US$340,000 worth of damages
A valet at a five-star hotel in the Indian capital caused US$335,000 worth of damage to a Lamborghini Gallardo after crashing it into a concrete wall in front of horrified guests, the hotel and a report said today.
We may not put him back on valet … he may get nervous initially
CCTV footage from shows the valet bring the car from the parking area to the porch of the multi-storey hotel, which hosts several glitzy restaurants and a bar, and then briefly get out, the Times of India said.
After climbing back behind the wheel, he then lurches forward inexplicably, sending a colleague diving for cover before piling head-on into the wall.
"We get all kinds of luxury cars, important guests and hold outstanding events and this was something completely inadvertent," a hotel spokeswoman told AFP, saying the accident occurred last Thursday.
She said the valet had been working for 10 years and appeared to have lost control of the Italian speedster on the slippery forecourt after an early afternoon rain shower.
The car had been borrowed from its owner, a Mumbai-based businessman reportedly in the construction business, and driven to the hotel by a cousin.