A VERY lucky escape: Extraordinary video captures moment huge boulder crashes down cliff and misses passing car by yards
- The boulder plunged downhill following torrential rain in Taiwan
- The force of the impact sent explosion of dirt flying into the air
- The lucky driver only just escaped with his life
Not many people have narrowly escaped death by as thin a margin as this Taiwanese motorist who was almost crushed to death by a massive boulder crashing down onto the road just a few yards away from him.
This extraordinary video, recorded by chance on a camera mounted on the dashboard of a second car following behind, shows just how lucky the first driver was.
The boulder, weighing hundreds of tonnes and as almost as big as a house, rolled down the hillside near Keelung city in a landslide triggered by heavy rain.
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Yards from oblivion: This driver was nearly crushed by a boulder than fell onto the coastal road in Keelung, northern Taiwan
The car was heavily damaged by the falling debris that came before the rock landed in the road
Tropical Storm Kong-Rey pounded Taiwan earlier this week, leading to widespread flooding in the south that left three people dead, the government said.
Floodwaters rose to a depth of 10 feet and the storm also disrupted air and rail traffic, as well as forcing offices and schools to shut.
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Several landslides have been recorded during the spate of wild weather, but this is the most dramatic to have been captured on camera.
Rocks began moving at the top of the hillside as the wet earth made them unstable.
The drivers below were apparently unaware of the danger - until the huge boulder smashed down onto the road causing a bomb-like explosion of mud and rock.
Unaware: The white car moments before the death-defying accident
Explosion: A wave of dirt is thrown over the road after the earth-shattering impact
The front of the car is battered by soil and rocks and the driver slams on his brakes
The debris smashes into the car, pushing it to the side in the video, posted on YouTube.
It shows the lucky motorist slamming on his brakes and having the presence of mind to switch on his hazard warning lights as the boulder rocked to a standstill beside his car.
It even teeters alarmingly over the vehicle before finally coming to a standstill.
He remains in the vehicle for a few moments, then steps out to stare at the boulder which had come so close to claiming his life. Amazingly, no one was injured.
On the edge: Although the boulder had stopped moving, it still teetered alarmingly over the vehicle before finally coming to standstill
Taiwan has been lashed by heavy rainstorms this week
In another incident, 19 people were injured when a train was derailed in the bad weather.
The six-carriage train, carrying around 250 passengers, hit the mudslides as it was approaching a tunnel in Pingtung county, the Taiwan Railway Administration said.
In 2009 at least 63 Taiwanese villagers were buried alive by mudslides triggered by typhoon Morakot which ravaged the country.
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