Truck driver wins Lamborghini, crashes it hours later

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Thanks to a Utah convenience store's contest, Frito-Lay truck driver David Dopp won another set of wheels last Saturday: this lime-green, 631-hp Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640, worth at least $200,000. Such an awesome car that will...oops, he already wrecked it.

Just a few hours after getting the keys to the V-12 powered Italian supercar named for a famed Spanish fighting bull, Dopp took to the roads around his home in Santaquin, Utah. According to In Santaquin News, police were called about dusk after a witness spotted the all-wheel-drive Lambo bass-ackwards in a field, with skidmarks from where it left the road.

Dopp -- who had apparently already taken one call from the local police about takin' it easy before going off-road -- says he was going about 40 mph to 50 mph on a 35-mph road when he hit a patch of what he called black ice or gravel. The police report says the car went over a curb, off the road and 75 feet into the field, calling the accident "speed related."

The Murcielago is now bound for Las Vegas, where mechanics will calculate a repair estimate on the busted oil pan and damaged bumper. Dopp, who has insurance, says the day was "an emotional roller coaster." If you mess with a bull, don't be surprised when you get the horns.
 
I guess he learned that a super car with high performance summer tires does not go well with the cold/winter/snow.
 
I wonder what will happen to him with the whole situation - insurance fix, insurance totals it,... he's out of luck and loses the car?
 
Man who crashed Lamborghini six hours after winning it asked Jay Leno to buy it

New evidence suggests David Dopp, the man who won a Lamborghini Murcielago and then crashed it six hours later speeding on an icy road, had a motive to intentionally crash the supercar. Amazingly, it turns out he asked Jay Leno to buy it from him well before he took delivery of the prize.

It only took an hour after we first posed the question for our crack-team of Jalopnik readers to unearth more suspicious evidence that Dopp was displaying a motive to intentionally crash the supercar he'd just won. And strangely, it involves Jay Leno.

Apparently, after the announcement was made that he'd won the car back in November, and then upon learning he'd owe $100,000 in taxes upon delivery, Dopp wroteon Jay Leno's Facebook page on November 28th:
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Hi, I do not know if Jay sees these post but I have a problem on my hands. I know that Jay is a big car guy. I recently won a 2008 Lamborghini 2DR ROADSTER Verde Ithaca. The stupid government wants around $100,000 dollars in taxes and so I am forced to sell it to pay the taxes. Plus as a father of six It is a very impractical car. I was wondering if anyone knew where the best place was to sell it? Thank you for any help that can be given. Sincerely David
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Is this proof Dopp intentionally crashed the car for the insurance money? No. But it certainly does provide more evidence that the crash needs some serious investigation on the part of both authorities and the insurance company.

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== explanation on the taxes owed =

The value of a prize is actually considered as income on your taxes. The winner of a prize is taxed on it as if it is income. When the prize is not "cash" but has significant value, the prize must be sold to pay the taxes or declined to avoid the taxes.
 
Wow, how could anybody afford to pay $100k in taxes. The government is ridiculous to think an average person could afford to fork that up. Why can't someone less fortunate just win a prize and not be beaten to death upon receiving it.
 
Move to Canada, we don't have to pay taxes on winnings. Cash or prizes if you win you get the whole amount.

If someone gives you a gift in the U.S. do you have to pay taxes on it? Same idea.
 
In the U.S., some gifts are not taxed, but winnings are considered income.

However, if you're a U.S. senator or congressman, then apparently you are not obliged to pay all of your taxes -- unless you get caught. :pat:
 
vmcguy said:
Move to Canada, we don't have to pay taxes on winnings. Cash or prizes if you win you get the whole amount.

If someone gives you a gift in the U.S. do you have to pay taxes on it? Same idea.
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Yes. The first time the gift enters the country, you have to pay taxes on it. Sometimes you can get someone who will let it slide, sometimes you're charged tax on it.
 
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