£200,000 Ferrari crashed 'an hour after collection'

'I've only just got it,' says driver, after supercar veers off motorway and bursts into flames

Crashed Ferrari
(Image credit: South Yorkshire Police Operational Support)

A driver crashed his £200,000 Ferrari supercar in Yorkshire "an hour" after collecting it, but walked away with just his pride injured.

In a post on Facebook, South Yorkshire Police revealed the driver, who has not been named, lost control of his limited-edition Ferrari 430 Scuderia near junction 37 of the M1 before it fell around 160ft down a siding and "burst in to flames".

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