Joyriders wreck £60,000 Range Rover in horror car crash just moments after ‘using cloned key to steal it’ in London
- The suspected thieves smashed the £60,000 vehicle on Brighton Road in Purley
- They’re believed to have escaped the wreckage uninjured at 3.30am on Monday
- They’re suspected of nicking car from Smithams Down Road 15 minutes earlier
- Police arrested a man and released him without charge and are seeking a second
Two joyriders have wrecked a Range Rover in a horror car crash just moments after ‘using a cloned key to steal it’.
The suspected thieves smashed the £60,000 vehicle into a lamppost on Brighton Road in Purley, south London, at 3.30am on Monday.
They are suspected of nicking the car from nearby Smithams Down Road 15 minutes before the incident.
The suspected thieves smashed the £60,000 vehicle into a lamppost on Brighton Road in Purley, south London, at 3.30am on Monday (pictured the next morning)
These shocking pictures show the state of the car and the street after the horror early morning smash
The engine was thrown from the luxury vehicle and is pictured lying outside a Post Office
The alleged crooks are both understood to have escaped the crumpled wreckage uninjured.
Police arrested a man and later released him without charge and are seeking a second.
Pictures from the scene showed the Range Rover sliced in two, with its engine, bonnet and tyres all detached and lying near a Post Office and a bus stop.
CCTV footage showed the luxury car skidding down the road moments before it hit the lamppost.
The front left side of the vehicle was pulled off in the crash and seen lying next to a bus stop and post box, above
A Met police spokesman said yesterday police had initially been called to the area to reports of a car burglary.
They added: ‘Two men were believed to be involved in the incident and remain outstanding. Enquiries continue to trace them.’
Brighton Road, A23, is a major trunk road connecting south Croydon to the M23, M25 and Brighton.
Police arrested a man over the crash but later released him without charge. Officers are still searching for another man