A Lamborghini owner had a lucky escape when he accidentally reversed his £160,000 supercar into a lake in Austria.
The 31-year-old motorist had been driving through the town of Mondsee when he ‘mixed up the brake and accelerator pedals’ and drove his Lamborghini Huracán backwards into the lake.
The driver was able swim to shore and managed to get out of the car alive after the vehicle plunged 50 feet into the water.
The Lamborghini owner has been driving through the town of Mondsee in Austria when he ‘mixed up the brake and accelerator pedals’ and drove his Lamborghini Huracán backwards into a lake
He was He was later taken to a local emergency room where he was treated and released with minor injuries.
Fire crews, a crane, and a tow truck were dispatched to the scene following the accident. To recover the supercar.
Images showed the vehicle being pulled out of the water by fire crews and emergency services standing near the lake.
The rescue effort to remove the Huracán from the lake took a total of three hours, according to officials.
Fire crews, tow trucks and cranes were dispatched to the scene to retrieve the supercar.
The Austrian police were also called to investigate the incident.
They claimed that the driver had just dropped off someone and was about to turn around when the accident occurred.
A spokesperson for the force stated that the driver was turning the car around near the lake and must have’mixed up accelerator and brake pedals and driven backwards into Mondsee.