Russian billionaire seriously injured in Enzo wipe-out
French police are investigating a car crash involving a billionaire Russian parliamentarian who was critically injured when his Ferrari Enzo slammed into a tree on the Mediterranean seafront in Nice.
Suleyman Kerimov, 40, a far rightwing member of the State Duma from Dagestan, was said by police to have lost control of the car as he sped on Saturday in rain along the Promenade des Anglais, the Riviera’s most celebrated thoroughfare.
The Ferrari Enzo broke in two on impact and burst into flames. An airport fire engine extinguished the blaze after Mr Kerimov extracted himself from the wreckage and rolled in the grass. He was flown by helicopter to hospital in Marseilles where he was today in an induced coma on a respirator. Doctors said that he had suffered burns to 70 percent of his body and they would not be able to assess his prospects of survival for 48 hours.
Mr Kerimov, who is listed by Forbes magazine as the 72nd richest man in the world, was accompanied in the car by Tina Kandelaki, 31, a star personality on Russia’s STS television channel. Ms Kandelaki, who features on men’s magazine covers in her underwear, suffered slight burns and flew back to Moscow on Sunday.
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