Up in flames! £270,000 Lamborghini Murcielago bursts into flames in the middle lane of motorway in morning rush hour

This is the dramatic moment a £270,000 Lamborghini burst into flames in the middle of a busy motorway, holding up rush hour traffic for hours.  

The bright orange sports car was seen burning in the middle lane of the northbound M6 near Coleshill, Warwickshire, this morning. 

The Murcielago, which has a top speed of 200mph, is thought to have caught fire at around 9am after crashing, causing parts of motorway to close for two and half hours until firefighters put out the blaze




Astonishingly no one was seriously hurt in the incident caused major delays on the motorway as well as the M42. 

Halted motorists took to social networks to express their shock at what they saw near Coleshill, Warwickshire.