Cops: Jilted hubby dumped Corvette in river

Honey, you've got to slow down.

A man in the throes of a bitter divorce didn't heed Prince's famous advice, and drove his "Little Red Corvette" into the Delaware River Monday night, police said.

Just before 4 p.m., police received reports of a man driving the vehicle into the Delaware River at a fishing pier on State Road near Magee Avenue in Tacony, Chief Inspector Scott Small said.

Witnesses told officers that they saw the driver get out of the idling car, which he kept in drive and allowed to plunge into the river, Small said.

During their investigation, police discovered that the man, 50, actually shares the car his wife.

Make that his soon-to-be ex-wife.

It turns out that the man and his spouse are having marital problems and that he dumped the car in an attempt to get even with her for the impending divorce, Small said.

The woman cooperated with the investigation, and police were able to pull the Corvette out of the waters about 5:30 p.m. Nobody was inside the vehicle, and no one was injured in the incident, Small said.

Small said the driver fled the scene after tossing the car, and that police are looking for him.

What charges he'll face, if any, are unclear: Small said his actions violate the protection-from-abuse order the man's wife has out against him, but that, since he had a set of keys to the car and uses it regularly, he didn't technically steal it.

He may face vandalism and reckless endangerment, Small said, as well as a charge a little more ecologically-minded: Illegal dumping.

Because no matter how pissed you are at your wife, it's still a big no-no to throw a car into the river.