Guys hope that you all are familiar with Tokyo Drift....Such kind of street racing do happen in Japan. Speed enthusiast often use their speed skills in the freeways of Japan.But all that turned out to be a mess when Eight Ferraris 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 eastbound side of the Chugoku Expressway, the main trunk road in southern Honshu.
A pack of about 20 supercars was traveling in convoy along a wet highway in Honshu, when the leading Ferrari slid into a guardrail, police said.
Those behind slammed on their brakes, but for many of them it was apparently too late.
"I've never seen such a thing," highway patrol lieutenant Eiichiro Kamitani told AFP by telephone. "Ferraris rarely travel in such large numbers."
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."
"Many of them were probably on their way to Hiroshima," some 130 kilometres (80 miles) to the east, for a gathering of supercars there, said Kamitani.
"Speeding was possible but we have yet to determine the exact cause," he added.
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.
An unidentified male eyewitness told the TBS network: "A group of cars was doing 140-160 kilometres (85-100 miles) per hour. One of them spun and they all ended up in this great mess."
The speed limit on that section of the highway was 80 kilometres per hour (50mph).
An unidentified male eyewitness told the TBS network: "A group of cars was doing 140-160 kilometres (85-100 miles) per hour. One of them spun and they all ended up in this great mess."
The speed limit on that section of the highway was 80 kilometres per hour (50mph).
"The front car crashed into the left embankment and bounced off toward me," another man told public broadcaster NHK.
The highway was closed for more than six hours while authorities removed the wrecked cars.
A 36-year-old self-employed man, who did not want to be named, described a scene of chaos as he was driving in the opposite lane at the time of the accident.
"Cars were making a tremendous noise," the man, from Kanzaki, Saga Prefecture, told Japanese media
One of the Ferrari was reported to be a F430 Scuderia, a model with a top speed of 320 kilometers per hour.
"I've never seen such a thing," highway patrol lieutenant Eiichiro Kamitani told AFP by telephone. "Ferraris rarely travel in such large numbers."
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."
"Many of them were probably on their way to Hiroshima," some 130 kilometres (80 miles) to the east, for a gathering of supercars there, said Kamitani.
"Speeding was possible but we have yet to determine the exact cause," he added.
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.
An unidentified male eyewitness told the TBS network: "A group of cars was doing 140-160 kilometres (85-100 miles) per hour. One of them spun and they all ended up in this great mess."
The speed limit on that section of the highway was 80 kilometres per hour (50mph).
An unidentified male eyewitness told the TBS network: "A group of cars was doing 140-160 kilometres (85-100 miles) per hour. One of them spun and they all ended up in this great mess."
The speed limit on that section of the highway was 80 kilometres per hour (50mph).
"The front car crashed into the left embankment and bounced off toward me," another man told public broadcaster NHK.
The highway was closed for more than six hours while authorities removed the wrecked cars.
A 36-year-old self-employed man, who did not want to be named, described a scene of chaos as he was driving in the opposite lane at the time of the accident.
"Cars were making a tremendous noise," the man, from Kanzaki, Saga Prefecture, told Japanese media
One of the Ferrari was reported to be a F430 Scuderia, a model with a top speed of 320 kilometers per hour.
