Italian police used a specially adapted Lamborghini supercar to deliver two kidneys to donor patients on Tuesday hundreds of miles apart, they announced.
"Traveling on the motorway to deliver the most beautiful Christmas present: life," they said in a statement posted on social media, alongside a picture of a medical cool box in a purpose-built compartment at the front of the Huracan.
In viaggio sull’autostrada per consegnare il regalo di Natale più bello: la vita. Grazie allo speciale Babbo Natale... Posted by Polizia di Stato on Tuesday, December 20, 2022
"Thanks to the State Police's special Father Christmas, two people have received the gift of a kidney," the police wrote on Facebook.
The organs were driven from Padua in Italy's northeast to hospitals in Modena and then Rome.
Police said they hoped the two patients and their families "will have a happier and more peaceful Christmas."
The Lamborghini Huracan, which has a top speed of 300kmh (190mph) and the capacity to go from 0-100kmh in 3.2 seconds, was a 2017 gift to police from the luxury carmaker.
It was assigned to highway patrol in Bologna, northern Italy, for use in both normal police operations and the urgent transport of blood and organs.
Another Huracan is operated by the highway patrol in Rome, while a 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo once used by police is now in a museum.
Blue387 on December 20th, 2022 at 23:33 UTC »
If I remember, I remember Norway using an F-16 fighter to transport organs for one surgery
grubas on December 20th, 2022 at 23:21 UTC »
And they use it for blood and organ deliveries, so very Italian.
User_Anon_0001 on December 20th, 2022 at 21:15 UTC »
Wouldn’t a helicopter be better and safer?