A half-million dollar sports car is upside down in a ditch in west Auckland after the driver hit a median barrier and flipped off the road on a motorway on-ramp.
The top global software executive who crashed a half-million dollar McLaren supercar on an Auckland motorway has pleaded guilty to careless driving.
Heng Loon Chee, 56, appeared at Auckland District Court this morning where he entered a guilty plea after a driving charge was amended.
The IT executive, who holdsa top position at computer giant Dell EMC, was originally charged with driving in a dangerous manner after the black McLaren he was driving hit a median barrier on the Northwestern Motorway near Pt Chevalier and flipped off the road on April 22.
Witnesses reported hearing the car "screaming" on to the motorway before it left the road and struck a barrier. One person was taken to hospital with minor injuries after the crash.
The court heard Chee was taking the supercar for a test drive when the crash happened. He was rounding a corner at up to 120km/h when he lost control. The car went under a safety barrier and rolled down an embankment.
