£220,000 Ferrari smashes into house and ends up wedged beneath a taxi

This is the moment a £220,000 Ferrari hire car was written off after crashing into a house and ending up beneath a taxi.

It is understood the driver had rented the supercar for a family wedding when he smashed into the side of the terraced home.

Nobody was injured when the red and grey 458 Italia hit a low brick wall and wedged itself underneath a grey VW Passat taxi.

Luxury car hire firm Prestige Lifestyle said the motor belonged to them and had been totally written off - with just 4,600 miles on the clock.

Co-owner of the hire firm Jamie Ford, 26, from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, said:

The accident - which also involved a Vauxhall Astra - happened in a residential street in Luton on Sunday.> A 29-year-old man had hired the vehicle in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex on Thursday and was due to return it on Monday.> The driver paid a £5,000 deposit plus £850-a-day for the '64 plate motor, telling him it was to be used during a wedding.

Bedfordshire Police said: