Five people miraculously survived when an out-of-control lorry smashed their car off an overpass.
Horror CCTV footage shows how the wayward HGV veered into the opposite lane at high speed.
The driver managed to swerve back into the correct lane to avoid a head-on collision with another lorry.
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But in doing so, he rear-ended a much smaller car, pushing it through the crash barrier and off the overpass.
The car flipped through the air as it plunged out of sight to the ground below.
The lorry then clattered into another truck, causing it to spill its cargo as it zigzagged across the single carriageway.
The horror unfolded on a stretch of the BR-116 highway in Cândido Sales, south-west of Salvador, Brazil.
The drama ended when the timber-loaded lorry plunged down an embankment alongside the motorway, as reported by Need To Know.
Traffic police were dispatched to the scene to administer first aid, cordon off the area, and manage the resulting traffic.
Remarkably, they found that everyone involved in the accident had survived.
The five people – four adults and a child – in the car knocked off the overpass had sustained injuries.
One person’s injuries were serious, while the others’ were minor.
The injured were treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to local healthcare facilities.
The Federal Highway Police say brake failure caused the accident.
It happened on Thursday (26 Jun) afternoon.
Despite their presence, they were unable to stop locals from looting the split timber.
The road was reopened to traffic about two hours later.
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