Horrifying moment rockslide sends huge boulders tumbling down on cars in South American mountain
This is the terrifying moment a landslide sent giant boulders crashing over two trucks in Peru.
The dramatic dashcam footage, filmed in a truck, showed the giant rock tumbling down a mountain onto a road in the San Mateo neighborhood on Saturday.
The boulder could have landed directly in the loading area, causing the truck to end up on its side.
The driver driving behind the wrecked truck slammed on his brakes just before a smaller boulder landed in front of his cab.
Dashcam from a tractor-trailer captured the moment a truck was destroyed by a large boulder that fell from a mountain onto a road in Peru on Saturday. The driver and another in a second truck that was also crushed by rocks were not injured
The dashcam in the tractor-trailer captured the driver moments before he stopped the vehicle and fled as rocks from a mountain fell over it on a road in San Mateo de Huanchor, Pero, on Saturday.
The man miraculously had enough time to take off his seat belt and escape the cabin as more and more rocks began to rain down from the mountain.
The cabin shook violently for several seconds as rocks fell over it before the video recording ended.
Both drivers were able to walk away without injuries, Peruvian newspaper La República reported.
Cell phone video showed the giant boulder hitting the first truck several feet behind the wreckage, and two large cracks in the road surface.
The first truck to be leveled by several boulders was completely destroyed, but the driver survived
A truck was crushed by falling boulders from a mountain on a road in Peru on Saturday. The area was closed as officials investigated the cause of the landslide and workers cleared the area within four hours
A truck driver leaves his cab moments after the truck in front of him was crushed by boulders that fell from a mountain onto a road in Peru on Saturday
From a distance, the person behind the camera showed the shattered windshield of the second truck.
In the video, one person could be heard saying that rocks were still sliding down the mountain as motorists assessed the damage.
Access to the stretch of road between the towns of Casapalca and Corcona was closed as the National Police inspected the site and removed debris, which took four hours.
A second landslide caused boulders to fall over the road in the same area about eight hours after the first incident.