Crashed: The owner of this £300,000 Lamborghini Aventador was left with a badly damaged supercar after he was involved in a three-car smash

Damaged: The crash also involved a BMW and a Mazda but it was the matte black motor which attracted the attention of onlookers in Knightsbridge

Sad sight: The car was turned into a depressing wreck yesterday afternoon after suffering serious frontal damage with bits of its bodywork strewn all over the road

Response: Police were called to the scene at 4.20pm on Sloane Street in Central London. No arrests were made and nobody was injured

Recovery effort: The Metropolitan Police closed the road in Central London in both directions for almost an hour following the crash

Impressive model: The Lamborghini Aventador is powered by a 6.5-litre V12 engine which develops a staggering 700bhp

Crushed: It will normally accelerate from 0-62mph in just 2.9 seconds and go all the way to 217mph - more than three times the speed limit on motorways

Location: The crash happened outside the home of Lalit Kumar Modi, the founder of the Indian Premier League, who tweeted about the accident

Upmarket area: Dozens of people stopped to take photographs of the wreckage, outside high-end shops on Sloane Street in Central London

Potentially hefty repair bill: The driver was breathalysed and his car was loaded onto the back of a lorry to be driven away

Obersvations: The owner was young and 'with a group of friends after the crash who all seemed relaxed bearing in mind the wreckage on the road', a witness said

Taken away: Paul Wallace, from motoring enthusiasts' website the Supercar Scene, saw the smashed-up car shortly after the accident