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It’s always tragic to see a car like this Rolls-Royce Cullinan crashed, but it’s even worse when it’s allegedly due to an intoxicated driver. And in this case we’re not talking about someone else who was drinking and driving hitting the Rolls or the ultra luxury SUV getting stolen and then wrecked.
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Instead, the 23-year-old woman who was behind the wheel apparently had permission to drive it. She plowed it head-on into a celebrity chauffeur in what is surely a catastrophically expensive crash.
Police say the woman refused a “further breath test” after the accident, reports 9 News Australia. We’re not as familiar with how DUI stops work Down Under, but we assume that makes establishing that she was inebriated at the time far more difficult.
Needless to say, the woman has plenty of money, or someone she’s related to does, since the Cullinan is worth about $1 Million AUD. In other words, a top-rate attorney or attorneys probably has been hired to help shield her from prosecution.
There’s no doubt going to be some sort of settlement in the case. After all, the chauffeur who was hit was not only trapped in his vehicle for about an hour before firefighters could extricate him, he was also hurt and had to be taken to the hospital.
Considering how heavy and solidly built the Rolls-Royce is, we’re hardly surprised. They’re about as close as you can get to a tank for a consumer vehicle without going into a fully armored truck.
In the meantime, the young woman has been banned from driving. Considering she obviously has access to all kinds of money, perhaps she can just hire a celebrity chauffeur service to take her around Sydney until the whole legal matter is settled?
Image via 9 News Australia/YouTube
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