A tiny car smashed into a HGV and span 360 degrees after it pulled out into traffic in a busy underground tunnel.
Baffling dashcam footage showed the dinky motor swerving into the lane without warning.
The car behind had no time to brake and crashed into it, sending the small car spinning into a large truck in the adjacent lane.
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Sparks flew as it ground against the lorry and spun into the kerb.
It nearly toppled over as its tyres popped-off and rolled along the tarmac.
The condition of the driver is unclear but they appeared to be moving at the end of the footage.
The bizarre scenes unfolded in Chongqing, China.
The vehicle involved is known locally as a laotoule, or “old man’s joy”.
Laotoule vehicles began appearing on Chinese roads in about 2007, as reported by Need To Know.
Affordable and easy to use – and requiring no driver’s license or registration – they quickly became popular among elderly drivers during the 2010s.
But frequent traffic violations by their senior users – such as driving the wrong way, illegal parking, and running red lights – have resulted in many accidents.
Many cities, including Beijing, began banning them early last year.
One viewer of the footage taken on 21 May said: “That’s a turnaround spot likely designed for maintenance.
“These tiny cars are common in China and it was likely illegally driving in the tunnel, saw that maintenance turnaround spot not big enough for legal cars, and decided to use it.”
A second viewer observed: “The dashcam car was going close to 100 km/h.”
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