By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-26 17:07:37 | Updated at 2024-11-26 20:01:34
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The heart-dropping moment an overloaded dump truck flipped and plunged down 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, to allow him to dump soil into its depths as his friends recorded the job in action earlier this month.
As the trailer area of the truck - the area which holds the heavy dirt - pitched upwards to dump out the loaded soil, most of the contents stayed stubbornly put.
But the weight of the soil proved to be too much for the truck's abilities.
In the terrifying footage, the cabin of the vehicle was captured as it slowly began to tilt upright - all while the driver was in the front seat with the door open.
Seconds later, the truck tilted completely upright and trapped the panicked driver inside before it fell completely off the cliff's edge and down into the ravine - even bringing a tree down with it.
'The dump truck was carrying damp yellow soil that day, and it might have been overloaded,' said the driver's wife, who goes by Ms. Wang, Viral Press reported.
Local police along with the driver's friends were able to free him from the smashed truck where he was then taken to the hospital to be treated for multiple injuries - but thankfully he survived.
Pingbian police said that the accident was caused by improper operation.
Heart-stopping video footage captured the moment an overloaded dump truck dropping soil into a deep ravine in China was overpowered by the sheer weight of the loaded soil - leading to an almost catastrophic incident
The terrifying footage captured the truck tilting completely upright - trapping the panicked driver inside - before falling completely off the cliff's edge and down into the ravine
