Chinese lorry driver leaps from vehicle before it tumbles down mountain

• A lorry driver was transporting items up a steep mountain street in China
• Overloaded car prompted a part of the path to collapse below the burden 
• The driving force leapt by way of the passenger window to security within the nick of time

By Forrest Hanson For Mailonline

Revealed: 07:10 EST, 5 December 2016 | Up to date: 08:49 EST, 5 December 2016

Like a scene straight out of a James Bond or Jason Bourne movie, a lorry driver was seen leaping from his car the very second it tumbled down a mountainside.

The person was driving up a rural street in China when a part of the route collapsed below the burden of the overloaded lorry.

And as CCTV footage of the incident confirmed, the person took a leap of religion within the nick of time. 

Hazard: Footage has just lately emerged of an overloaded lorry perched precariously on a rural street in China

Like a fowl: The driving force was seen  leaping out of his car because it begins to tumble from the facet of the street and down the steep mountain

The brief clip confirmed the car on the nation street with a number of bystanders trying on. 

The lorry's left rear tire apparently turned caught within the floor and the car started to teeter dangerously in direction of the steep mountain precipice under.

However the resourceful man should have understood his impending doom as he vaulted into the passenger seat.

A split-second determination: The driving force fled to security as his car tumbled down the mountainside, overturning into a bunch of bushes

Sudden: From the footage, it is evident that the street had given method and crumbled below the burden of the truck

 He then jumped out by way of the window earlier than the lorry fell down the mountain.

As he landed on secure floor, the lorry overturned and landed in a swath of bushes.

The driving force appeared shaken by the affect of his touchdown however in any other case appeared unhurt.

The dramatic footage was uploaded to Chinese language video-sharing app Miaopai and was later picked up by LiveLeak, the place it is had over 43,000 views since December Four.

CHINA'S ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS  

• China's street site visitors fatalities: The World Well being Group estimates that roughly 260,000 folks die in China on account of street accidents annually. Round 6 in 10 are weak street customers – pedestrians, cyclists, and other people on bikes, in keeping with a launch in Might 2016.  
• Visitors accidents greatest killer of Chinese language youngsters:UNICEF says street site visitors accidents are the main mortality trigger of kids aged 1-Four years in China 
• Dashing and overloading of passengers posing key dangers: The 2 elements characteristic in as much as 66.three% and 32.6% of site visitors accidents in China respectively, a research printed on Visitors Damage Prevention exhibits. 
• Accuracy of official information raises issues:  Notable distinction is noticed between the WHO figures and the official information. As an illustration, the group estimated Chinese language street deaths in 2013 at 261,367 -- at the very least 4 instances official variety of 58,539.

Supply: World Well being Group, UNICEF, Visitors Damage Prevention

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