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This Is a $1M Car—in a Lagoon

Cellphone and pelican conspire against Texas driver
By Marie Morris,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 13, 2009 3:45 PM CST

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."
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