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Tokyo Speeding has been blamed Monday as the likely cause of what is believed to be Japan’s most expensive ever road accident after up to a $4-million-worth of supercars ended up in a crumpled heap on a highway.A Eight Ferraris, three Mercedes Benz cars and a Lamborghini plus a Toyota Prius were among the vehicles involved in the crash, which witnesses said happened when a speeding car slid across a wet road surface..
Television footage showed mangled Ferraris many of them racing red and debris spread over some 400 metres of the east-bound side of the Chugoku Expressway, the main trunk road in southern Honshu
“Ferraris rarely travel in such large numbers.” Mr. Kamitani said 10 people — five men and five women — sustained slight injuries, in the accident. “It is highly possible that they were driving in couples.”
The Prius and a second Toyota also caught up in the 14-car smash were not thought to be part of the supercar pack. The three other vehicles involved in the accident were all Mercedes-Benz
The speed limit on that section of the highway was 80 kilometres per hour. “The front car crashed into the left embankment and bounced off toward me,” another man told public broadcaster NHK.
One of the Ferraris was reported to be a F430 Scuderia, a model with a top speed of 320 kilometres per hour. Mr. Kamitani said the lead Ferrari was being driven by a 60-year-old self-employed man from Chikushino, near Fukuoka, on the southern island of Kyushu.