Francesco Totti and the handbrake accident: video

It’s just as well that Francesco Totti still has his old reflexes as the star Italian football player may otherwise have been run-over by a getaway Opel Meriva.
On arriving at the “Golden Foot 2010″ event in Monte Carlo, the driver of the vehicle somehow forgot to engage the handbrake and as Totti stepped out of the car, it started to roll backwards.

He quickly leaped into the front seat and had the presence of mind to pull on the handbrake.
It’s just as well that nothing untoward happened, because Totti was there to receive the Golden Foot prize, awarded to veteran football players who display not only prowess but also superior character traits on and off the field.

The incident is the second Totti has had in an automobile sense after someone threw a huge rock at the windscreen of his car last Friday night, causing the Carabinieri to turn up to the player’s apartment in the dead of night to inform him of what happened.

There are a few things we’re interested to know, though.

Firstly, what Totti was doing arriving with a simple Meriva in Monte Carlo, and secondly what his car was doing parked on the street.
Surely he has a garage…? In any case the episode with the handbrake caused that cute Totti smile to come out, like he’d been caught doing something he shouldn’t have.
The funny video is after the jump.