MELANIE@BLINKYOU
02-28-2006, 04:54 PM
MALIBU, Calif. (Feb. 28) - A rare, $1 million Ferrari that disintegrated in a spectacular crash last week was roaring along Pacific Coast Highway at 162 mph when it hit a bump in the road, launched into the air and slammed into a power pole, authorities said.While that much is now known, sheriff's investigators still have lots of unanswered questions about last Tuesday's wreck.
They're trying to determine whether a gun magazine discovered near the wreckage is connected to the crash, and want to interview an unnamed person they believe was with Swedish game machine entrepreneur Stefan Eriksson in the red Ferrari Enzo.
As if that weren't enough, a leading Scottish bank has told sheriff's investigators that it may own the destroyed car, which was one of only 400 made. And sheriff's Sgt. Phil Brooks said Monday that detectives are trying to figure out why Scotland Yard in London listed as stolen another exotic car that Eriksson owns, a Mercedes SLR.
Brooks declined to elaborate on the roles of the bank and Scotland Yard in the investigation.
The crash was steeped in mystery from the start
Authorities said Eriksson told them that he was a passenger at the time of the crash and that the driver - a German acquaintance he knew only as Dietrich - ran into the nearby hills. Investigators were initially suspicious of that story.
A three-hour foot and helicopter search failed to turn up anyone else connected to the car. Only the driver's side air bag had blood on it, and Eriksson suffered a cut lip, Brooks noted.
Eriksson's blood-alcohol level after the crash was .09, slightly more than the legal .08 limit, he said.
Brooks said detectives have summoned Eriksson for another interview.
Eriksson, 44, has declined through the security guard at his gated Bel-Air estate to comment, and Ashley Posner, an attorney who previously represented him in civil matters, also declined to comment Monday.
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They're trying to determine whether a gun magazine discovered near the wreckage is connected to the crash, and want to interview an unnamed person they believe was with Swedish game machine entrepreneur Stefan Eriksson in the red Ferrari Enzo.
As if that weren't enough, a leading Scottish bank has told sheriff's investigators that it may own the destroyed car, which was one of only 400 made. And sheriff's Sgt. Phil Brooks said Monday that detectives are trying to figure out why Scotland Yard in London listed as stolen another exotic car that Eriksson owns, a Mercedes SLR.
Brooks declined to elaborate on the roles of the bank and Scotland Yard in the investigation.
The crash was steeped in mystery from the start
Authorities said Eriksson told them that he was a passenger at the time of the crash and that the driver - a German acquaintance he knew only as Dietrich - ran into the nearby hills. Investigators were initially suspicious of that story.
A three-hour foot and helicopter search failed to turn up anyone else connected to the car. Only the driver's side air bag had blood on it, and Eriksson suffered a cut lip, Brooks noted.
Eriksson's blood-alcohol level after the crash was .09, slightly more than the legal .08 limit, he said.
Brooks said detectives have summoned Eriksson for another interview.
Eriksson, 44, has declined through the security guard at his gated Bel-Air estate to comment, and Ashley Posner, an attorney who previously represented him in civil matters, also declined to comment Monday.
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