Crashed Ferrari Case Gets Weirder

The case of the crashed Ferrari Enzo just gets weirder and weirder, now involving some obscure nonprofit organization in the San Fernando Valley, and possibly even Homeland Security (from the LA Times):

As sheriff's detectives investigate last week's crash that destroyed a $1-million Ferrari, they are now looking into an obscure nonprofit organization that provides disabled people with transit in the San Gabriel Valley.

The car's owner, a former video game executive from Sweden, told Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies at the scene of the Feb. 21 accident in Malibu that he was deputy commissioner of the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority's police anti-terrorism unit, detectives said Thursday.

A few minutes after the crash, two unidentified men arrived at the scene, flashing badges and saying they were from "homeland security," according to Sheriff's Department officials.

Deputies allowed the men into the accident scene, where they spoke to Stefan Eriksson before leaving, Sgt. Phil Brooks said.

Sheriff's officials on Thursday said they now want to question them.

"We would like the public's help with any information about these men or the crash," Brooks said.

They are also looking into the transit organization to see what connection, if any, it has to the case. Brooks said detectives believe the two men from "homeland security" received their badges from the transit authority.

No one was injured when the rare Ferrari Enzo traveling 162 mph smashed into a power pole on Pacific Coast Highway. But the case continues to generate interest because the Ferrari is one of only 400 built, and detectives have struggled to understand what happened.

The driver apparently was not racing another car as originally thought, and still insists there was a driver who fled the scene, but there is no evidence of another person. Ericksson had a blood alcohol level of .09%, just over the California limit and could face drunk driving charges if they ever decide that he was the driver.

I have a feeling the badges these guys were flashing were kind of like the honorary deputy badges the sheriff has been known to give to cronies. The whole thing just seems very weird, but I have a feeling there's nothing more to it than a rich guy trying to cover his tracks.