Dramatic moment dump truck driver makes shocking mistake… nearly costing his life
The heartbreaking moment an overloaded dump truck overturned and plunged into a ravine in China was captured on dramatic video.
A truck driver positioned his work vehicle at the very edge of a ravine in Pingbian County, Yunnan, so he could dump dirt into the depths while his friends captured the job in action earlier this month.
As the trailer portion of the truck – the part that holds the heavy dirt – lifted to dump out the loaded soil, most of the contents remained stubbornly in place.
But the weight of the ground proved too much for the truck’s capabilities.
The terrifying footage captured the vehicle’s cabin as it slowly began to tilt upright – with the driver sitting in the front seat with the door open.
Seconds later, the truck flipped completely upright, trapping the panicked driver before falling completely off the edge of the cliff into the ravine – even taking a tree with it.
“The dump truck was carrying damp yellow soil that day and may have been overloaded,” the driver’s wife, who goes by Ms. Wang, said Viral press reported.
Local police and the driver’s friends were able to free him from the wrecked truck, where he was then taken to hospital to be treated for multiple injuries, but fortunately he survived.
Pingbian police said the accident was caused by improper operation.
Heartbreaking video footage captured the moment an overloaded dump truck dropped soil into a deep ravine in China and was overwhelmed by the sheer weight of the loaded soil – leading to a near-catastrophic incident
The terrifying footage shows the truck flipping completely upright, trapping the panicked driver inside, before falling completely off the edge of the cliff into the ravine.