13yr old killed in F50

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A 13 year old has been killed in an F50 on a farm road nr Winchester. I wonder if it's got anything to do with the taxtherich guys?

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Eric Mc said:

Link?

Boy, 13, dies in North Warnborough farm Ferrari crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-371...

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Good link Eric - the BBC didn't make it out in the same circumstances, makes more sense now. Very sad.

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desolate said:

What's the link with tax the rich?

Just my mistake. The original BBC article made it sound like the 13 yr old was driving it on a farm road - much like the TaxTheRich guys do in various super cars.

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Smollet said:

Is it really that important as to the car someone dies in ffs?
Sadly people die everyday in road accidents.

This is PH - we're mourning the F50

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FurtiveFreddy said:

Without wanting to give too much away, this happened on a private access road which leads to some units where cars like this are transported, stored, maintained and detailed. It could be connected to that or they could have been to the Newlyns Farm Shop, which is also at the end of the road.

It's single track for a few hundred yards with a couple of passing places and is well maintained, not what you'd call a 'farm track'. If nobody is coming towards you on that road, I can see how you might be tempted to boot a car like that, as it would appear to be a safe place to do so. At the end of the track where the fence is damaged, there's a pronounced dip in the road and if you drove over that at speed, the car could easily lose traction or even get airborne.

Whatever happened, it's very tragic indeed for the family of the child.

Edited by FurtiveFreddy on Tuesday 23 August 13:45

This is far more similar to what the BBC were saying.

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normalbloke said:

Reminds me of Colin McRae's dire flying skills.

Not quite sure why you're under fire - bottom line is someone massively fked up with a young kid in the car - so yes, very similar and some people may need to know when to call it.

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Digga said:

ELUSIVEJIM said:

normalbloke said:

Reminds me of Colin McRae's dire flying skills.

One or two poor comments on this thread.

Agreed. It is a tragic accident and I'm sure no one set out with the intention of it turning out this way. The only real reason we're discussing it here is the F50 and it seems some small minded malcontents want to have a snipe, probably out of envy.

Nor did McRae - he didn't take off saying "oh this is a great time to kill myself and my friends kids".