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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,584 posts)
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 12:05 PM Nov 2020

Italian Police Use Lamborghini To Transport Donor Kidney 300 Miles In Two Hours

CAR CULTURE

Italian Police Use Lamborghini To Transport Donor Kidney 300 Miles In Two Hours

Elizabeth Blackstock
Saturday 3:00PM • Filed to: LAMBORGHINI

In what may be one of the most Italian things that has ever happened, the Italian State Police rushed a donor kidney from Padua to Rome for a transplant in a Lamborghini Huracan. Last week’s journey is around 300 miles, but with the help of a specially-outfitted supercar, the police made it happen in just about two hours at an average speed of 143 mph—and that’s a journey that normally takes around six.

The police posted a video of the Lambo after the completed journey, and it is just delightful:

Grazie alla nostra
@Lamborghini
Huracan abbiamo trasportato in tempo il rene di un donatore per il trapianto a una persona
“Per salvare una vita non servono superpoteri” anche solidarietà, tecnologia ed efficienza aiutano
@CNTrapianti

@MinisteroSalute
#essercisempre
#5novembre



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H/t to Mark Longoria! Thank you!
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Italian Police Use Lamborghini To Transport Donor Kidney 300 Miles In Two Hours (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 OP
No helicopters in Italy ? magicarpet Nov 2020 #1
I'm with you on this RainCaster Nov 2020 #4
The donating hospital doesn't seem set up for it muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #9
Now THAT Bayard Nov 2020 #2
When in Rome... SomedayKindaLove Nov 2020 #3
That is one badass kidney Blue Owl Nov 2020 #5
Like most kidneys, when you got to go, you got to GO!! Avg 135-140 mph? that's moving... nt mitch96 Nov 2020 #7
I'd like to see somebody try to outrun that police car. brush Nov 2020 #6
fast and furious 12: the kidney must survive! nt Javaman Nov 2020 #8

muriel_volestrangler

(102,371 posts)
9. The donating hospital doesn't seem set up for it
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 08:25 AM
Nov 2020

"A Google Maps view of the Policlinico Universitario in Padua, the starting hospital, doesn’t seem to show a helipad or an easily accessible flat area nearby"

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