AN investigation is underway after a £240,000 supercar, thought to have been hired for a wedding, crashed into a garden wall in Burnley.

The white Ferrari 458 Spider was badly damaged in the collision near Abel Street, just after 2pm.

And pictures of the stricken Ferrari, posted online by Lancashire Road Police and the North West Motorway group, have already gone viral.

The two-seater vehicle, which has a top speed of 199 mph, is believed to have been on hire from Birmingham-based Platinum Executive Hire.

Road police initially taped off the scene before the Ferrarri was taken away to a nearby garage on a low loader.