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This Is a $1M Car—in a Lagoon

Cellphone and pelican conspire against Texas driver

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(Newser) – A Texas driver distracted by a low-flying pelican took an unexpected detour—into 3 feet of water. Andy House, 34, drove a Bugatti Veyron EB, worth about $1 million, into a saltwater lagoon near Galveston. "He was calm,” the driver of the wrecker that took away the waterlogged French sports car told the Houston Chronicle. “If it had been me, I'd have been cussing, but he was calm."

Wrecker driver Gilbert Harrison attaches a towing cable to a Bugatti Veyron that was driven into the water near Omega Bay in La Marque, Texas, Nov. 11, 2009.
Wrecker driver Gilbert Harrison attaches a towing cable to a Bugatti Veyron that was driven into the water near Omega Bay in La Marque, Texas, Nov. 11, 2009.   (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Chris Paschenko)
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A distracted owner of a Bugatti Veyron, one of the world's fastest production cars, accidentally drove the French-built automobile into a saltwater lagoon in La Marque, Texas, Nov. 11, 2009.   (GALVESTONCOUNTYDAILY)

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Circusdog
Nov 13, 09 3:49 PM CST
Risky Business II...Who's the U-Boat Commander? Reply
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jbcorny
Nov 13, 09 4:01 PM CST
$1m for a car? what a douchebag...serves him right.
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stdg406
Nov 13, 09 4:06 PM CST
nice reference..beat me to it!!
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stdg406
Nov 13, 09 4:08 PM CST
@corn- what's wrong about 1M car?
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WelcomeTo313
Nov 13, 09 4:11 PM CST
I can think of about a million better ways to spend a million dollars than blow it all on a car.
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