(South Yorkshire, England) - Imagine buying the sports car of your dreams, and wrecking it an hour after picking it up!

South Yorkshire Police via Twitter
South Yorkshire Police via Twitter
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Police in South Yorkshire in Northern England say the driver of this car escaped serious injury when his car went off the road, went airborne and crashed, bursting into flames.

The car, a Ferrari 430 Scuderia, was worth $260,000. The driver had picked his new car up just an hour before the crash.

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It looked something like this, before the accident.

Police urge drivers to take care on the roads.

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