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A supercar was reportedly catapulted into a tree after a transporter 'carrying £2 million worth of vehicles' crashed.

The smash, which involved Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Aston Martins, closed a village road for more than 10 hours.

The vehicle was travelling along Loughborough Road in Burton on the Wolds, near Loughborough, when it went through a field and crashed into a wall and some trees.

The driver suffered minor injuries. However, there was a large diesel spill from the vehicles, which is why the road has been closed for a long period.

(Image: Andy Baker)

One of the trees is understood to have fallen and blocked the road.

Charnwood councillor Jonathan Morgan tweeted that the vehicle had been carrying valuable supercars, and that one of the cars had been launched into a tree as a result of the impact.

Commenting on Twitter this morning, he said: “Loughborough Rd, Burton on the Wolds - fallen tree blocking road currently being cleared following freak midnight accident- car transporter with £2m of supercars on it, crashed and brought down tree - catapulted one of the cars 50ft up, to rest in branches.”

He told Leicestershire Live today: "We came across it just before midnight. The lorry had one off the road and through the perimeter wall of Prestwold Hall before hitting three or four pretty large trees.

"One of the supercars had been flung off and was dangling in the branches of one of the trees that had been brought down.

"It's an odd thing to come across when your driving home on a Saturday night."

He said there were about eight other cars still on the transporter but he suspected they will have been damaged, too.

He said: "When we got there the emergency services hadn't arrived yet. The driver was out of the lorry and inspecting the cars still on the lorry. I think he was a bit bruised in the crash but I understand he didn't go to hospital.

"The trees have all been cut up and taken away and the cars were also removed."

The crash happened just after midnight. Highways crews were at the scene throughout this morning and the road remained closed westbound at midday.

A spokeswoman for Leicestershire Police said: “We were called at 12.02am today to a report that a lorry had gone through a field and into a wall, causing significant damage to trees.

“There was quite a lot of diesel on the road, which was why the road remained closed for so long.”

(Image: Andy Baker)

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