A supercar destroyed in a country lane crash may have been driven by a man who hired it for a weekend wedding reception, it has been reported.

The white Lamborghini convertible was badly damaged when it hit a tree in Shropshire on Sunday evening.

Escaping serious injury, the driver was picked up by another car and abandoned his luxury vehicle, according to police.

According to reports, he was one of a group of men who told drinkers in a nearby pub, The Cider House in Wootton, near Bridgnorth, that they had been to a wedding reception and had hired three Lamborghinis and a Bentley for the weekend.

A man who saw the group commented on a car website: “I was down the pub having a quiet drink with a few friends when three Lamborghinis and a Bentley raced up the quiet country lane and onto the car park.”

The driver of the white Lamborghini sat in the car park “for a while, just revving it until it was hitting the limiter”, he said.