Gender reveal burnout backfires spectacularly
Gender reveals are becoming popular on social media, but one Gold Coast parent-to-be is going viral for all the wrong reasons.
Not only was he left red-faced after the stunt backfired spectacularly, but he was also fined $1000.
Footage shows the moment a car fitted with special smoking tyres caught on fire on a rural road at Norwell, about 25 kilometres north of Surfers Paradise.
The driver was attempting a burn-out to release the blue smoke, to share the news the couple was expecting a baby boy, but the gender reveal attempt failed in a massive way.
In the drone video, filmed in April, blue smoke can be seen billowing out from under the Holden Commodore.
Onlookers watched and cheered close by, as the vehicle skidded across the country road.
But in a matter of seconds, the car became engulfed in flames, quickly replacing the blue colour with plumes of grey smoke.
The spectators helped free the driver from the burning vehicle, who has since been fined $1000 for the stunt and disqualified for driving for six months.
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