Lamborghini LP 550-2 Balboni Accident In India

The Lamborghini Gallardo can reach 0–100 kmph in 3.9 seconds flat. 

Early on Sunday morning, as real estate scion Anukool Rishi was stepping on the gas with a vengeance in the cockpit of this snazzy supercar, it took just a few seconds for his life to cross the finish line. 

A cyclist also had to pay for the 28-year-old management graduate's recklessness and he was left critically injured. 

The crash and the scene of the accident, described as 'gory and frightening' by an eyewitness who was shuddering hours later while recalling the sequence of events, took place on the Chirag Dilli stretch of the BRT corridor in south Delhi. 

Incidentally, this was the third ghastly accident over the past few years involving sons of high-profile businessmen or politicians who were driving fancy sets of wheels and had a fetish for speed. While the son of a Faridabad-based automobile factory owner rammed his Porsche Carrera into the wall of Children's Park close to India Gate on October 16, 2011, a wealthy politico's son ploughed his Mercedes Benz into a cab in RK Puram on June 3, 2010. Earlier, a Delhi industrialist's son taking his BMW for a spin allegedly hit a bike near Moolchand. 

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The BRT stretch was almost deserted around 5.15am on Sunday morning when Badrinath Dubey (50), a security guard at a Krishi Vihar house, heard a deafening bang. 

As Dubey rushed out of the guardroom, a horrific site on the roadside greeted his eyes. 

'He (Anukool) was lying in a pool of blood. His innards were sticking out from a deep gash on the stomach. The police arrived at the spot around 5.30am in response to my SOS call,' Dubey revealed. 

Anukool, a business development head in his father's Rs 1,600-crore MVL Limited, had left his Sainik Farms residence around 11 pm on Saturday night after returning from his Gurgaon office along with a driver and personal security guard. 

However, his driver and PSO were later seen coming back home even as Anukool ventured out alone in the Lamborghini. He was driving in the BRT corridor and was headed towards the Moolchand Hospital flyover. 

Immediately after crossing the Chirag Dilli flyover in the Krishi Vihar area, he reportedly overtook a truck and lost control of the car which then careened to the right and rammed the railing of the BRT corridor, the police revealed. 

The breakneck speed of the sports car heightened the impact and the railing tore through its window to inflict fatal injuries on Anukool, they added. 

While the railing went flying right up to the cooking gas depot on other side of the road, the car did not come to a halt and veered to the left instead. 

It was at this point that the Lamborghini knocked down 45-year-old cyclist Kishan and went on to hit a traffic signal pole by the side of the cycle track, the police said. 

When the car finally stopped, a severely injured Anukool was flung out of it because he had not fastened the seatbelt. 

'The window of the car was shattered and glass was strewn all over,' Dubey recalled. 

Anukool, who had got married only in November last year, was shifted to AIIMS immediately where doctors declared him brought dead. 

Kishan was taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre and he is recuperating from the injuries. After the post-mortem examination, Anukool's last rites were performed at the Lodhi Colony crematorium in the evening. 

'We have registered a case of accident under section 338 (culpable homicide) and 304 (a) (causing death due to negligence) of the IPC. We will record the statement of the injured cyclist later,' a police officer said. 

The police also disclosed that the supercar was registered in name of one of Delhi's leading jewellers. 

'BIG CAR' CRASHES ON THE BRT CORRIDOR

Passengers of this Porsche (left) which was involved in a high-speed crash near India Gate in June, 2010, were saved by their seatbelts. 

Dinesh Tanwar (then 24), son of Kanwar Singh Tanwar, the richest candidate in Delhi during the 2009 LS polls was at the wheel of this Mercedes Benz (center) when it ploughed into a taxi in R.K. Puram, killing a woman.

And Utsav Bhasin (then 19), son of Delhi-based industrialist Narendra Kumar Bhasin, allegedly rammed his BMW (right) into a bike near Moolchand Hospital, critically injuring two men in 2008.

While the Rs 2.25-crore car he was driving - the Gallardo LP550-2 'Valentino Balboni' rear-wheel drive - was one of just 250 the supercars Lamborghini had released in July 2009, it was the only one of its kind in India. 

Tragically, he didn't even benefit from the cushioning effect of the car's highly effective airbags because he hadn't belted up - a precaution the youth driving the Carrera that had crashed in 2011 took and eventually ended up unscathed. 

Anukool had to his credit a number of projects in his firm, both in India and overseas. He was a graduate of IILM, New Delhi, and had put in over seven years in the realty sector. He also held a bachelor of business administration (BBA) degree from Bradford University in the United Kingdom. 

Anukool's father Prem Adip Rishi, 58, was in Mumbai when the incident took place. He arrived in the Capital around 11am. He is the chairman of MVL Limited, which is a BSE and NSE listed company and focuses on the realty sector. It is engaged in the construction of several residential and commercial buildings as well as townships in Gurgaon and other parts in Haryana. The firm also comprises a telecom arm that makes easyon- the-pocket mobile phones and accessories.

Joe Paterno Dies At 85 From Lung Cancer Complications

Joe Paterno, the Ivy League-educated coach who transformed sleepy Penn State University into a national football power with an academics-based philosophy only to see his career end abruptly and his legacy tarnished by a child sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach, has died. He was 85.

Paterno died Sunday morning in State College, Pa., his family announced.


He was diagnosed with lung cancer in November, only days after Penn State's board of trustees fired the legendary coach in the wake of the arrest of his former defensive coordinator,Jerry Sandusky, on multiple felony counts of sexual abuse of boys.

PHOTOS: Joseph Paterno 1926 - 2012 

Paterno was not implicated in a grand jury's indictment of Sandusky but was criticized for not acting more aggressively in 2002 after a graduate assistant informed Paterno he saw Sandusky sexually molest a boy in a locker room shower at Penn State. Paterno had fulfilled his legal obligation by passing the information on to his superior, athletic director Tim Curley.

Paterno's inglorious exit shocked a community that watched him rise from a young assistant to become a national icon. His Coke-bottle eyeglasses and rolled-up pant legs came to embody the school's victories-with-virtue persona.

The coach was so beloved in State College that full-size cardboard cutouts of him were common sights around town. Even an ice cream flavor, "Peachy Paterno," was named after him.

In college football's fraternity, he was known simply as "JoePa."

But on Nov. 10, 2011, five days after the scandal broke, the Penn State trustees fired Paterno three games short of completing his 46th season as head coach.

The board of trustees denied Paterno's request to retire at the end of the 2011 season. Only days after he issued a tempered response to the initial Sandusky allegations, Paterno expressed heartfelt remorse over what had happened on his watch.

"I am absolutely devastated by the developments in this case," Paterno said in a statement released hours before he was fired. "I grieve for the children and their families, and I pray for their comfort and relief."

He vowed to "spend the rest of my life doing everything I can to help this university."

For more than six decades, Paterno had coached at Penn State after joining Rip Engle's staff in 1950 as a 23-year-old assistant. His career ended late last year less than two weeks after he recorded his 409th career victory, which moved him past former Grambling Coach Eddie Robinson on major college football's all-time list.

Paterno spent his entire career at Penn State, taking over as head coach in 1966. He was a five-time national coach of the year, won two national titles, fielded five unbeaten teams and was the first major college coach to eclipse Bear Bryant's victory record of 323.

Paterno ended his career as the all-time leader in bowl appearances (37) and bowl victories (24) and in 2006 was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He is the only coach to have won all four of college football's major bowls: Rose, Fiesta, Orange and Sugar.

Voted into the same Hall of Fame class, Paterno and Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden spent years jostling for the all-time major college win record.

"Joe has done everything right," Bowden said in a 1998 interview. "He graduates his players, he's articulate and his character is impeccable, in my opinion."

During Paterno's tenure, Penn State produced 79 first-team All-America players, 33 first-round NFL draft picks and 16 National Football Foundation scholar-athletes.

The list of those who played for Paterno includes Jack Ham, John Cappelletti, Franco Harris, Lydell Mitchell, Curt Warner, Shane Conlin, Matt Millen, Todd Blackledge, Kyle Brady, LaVar Arrington,Larry Johnson, Courtney Brown and Kerry Collins.

Paradise In Maldives: Six Senses Resort, Laamu

Poised serenely over majestic turquoise waters, a palm fringed villa with sea suspended hammocks, padded day beds, and dining above a window of bright lagoon, awaits you at the Six Senses Resort in Laamu, Maldives.

Built from sustainable materials, these unvarnished beachfront and overwater villas offer a chic picture of paradise. Six waterside and over ocean lounges and restaurants provide food grown in the island’s organic garden, for hungry guests spending days sun lounging, snorkeling around Laamu’s house reef, and dolphin and turtle watching.

Connected by beautifully weathered wooden jetties, and secluded by bamboo enclosures, the retreats are airy with high ceilings, and open air bathing alongside a private water garden. An all glass bathtub is suspended above the sparkling Indian Ocean, allowing you to soak up more of paradise. Up on a treetop deck, panoramic views of seascape and an unobstructed sunset are a feast for the eyes, and the soul.

With transparent sides and cut away floors, the villas are designed to immerse in the sensational views. The hut like appearance lets us drift away into a fantasy of simple island living, but there is no denying the superb finish of this amazing resort; bespoke furniture, sleek fittings, and luxurious bedding offer indulgence on the highest scale. Could this be one of the most beautiful places on Earth?

Here is a link to their official website: http://www.sixsenses.com/sixsenseslaamu/

Morgan Freeman to marry his step-granddaughter

Disturbing story broke that Morgan Freeman was maintaining a 10-year relationship with his step-granddaughter with whom he had a questionable sexual encounter when she was young. Yes, they are not related through blood, but Freeman is 72 and E'Dena Hines is now 27, which means she would have been 17 when they first... um... got together. Once Freeman's wife found out about their secret affair she filed for divorce, and now the Enquirer is claiming that once proceedings go through, he and Hines are set to wed. 

"Morgan has led her to believe that he wants to marry her," says a family insider. Another source says, "Becoming Mrs. Morgan Freeman has been E'Dena's goal."