Was this ever mentioned in the news?

[Kel]

Came across this doing some uni work tonight.....

Ironically it's from the Daily Telegraph, funny how they have gone soft on the whole kid in a performance car angle.

Sorry Mum, I had trouble finding a park

28 February 2005

Daily Telegraph

Copyright 2005 News Ltd. All Rights Reserved

THIS picture, taken in Australia, is known around the world thanks to the power of the internet.

Yesterday, police finally revealed the truth behind the picture and this is the first time you can read what really happened.

The web created the story of a teenager's test drive going horribly wrong and of a woman driver's fate after a police pursuit.

But it was mere coincidence how this brand new Commodore HSV ClubSport came to be "parked" on top of several other cars inside a car yard.

Senior Constable Brendan Dyer yesterday said police would charge a 23-year-old man with conduct endangering life after he crashed his mother's $70,000 high-performance car in Melbourne on February 9.

Stunned staff at the car lot could not believe it when the Commodore became airborne, before slamming into five other cars and coming to rest on top of two vehicles.

The crash caused $150,000 damage, with four cars including the ClubSport, written off and two others hit.

"He was driving at an excessive speed on the wrong side of the road, lost control and ended up in the front of the car yard," Sen-Constable Dyer said.