This is the terrifying moment a motorcyclist is sent flying into traffic – and comes within inches of being crushed by a bus.
Mariana Aguilar was riding on motorway when another biker smashed into her from behind.
Heart-stopping footage shows Mariana being shunted forwards and starting to tumble from her seat.
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Seconds later, a public transport bus hurtles past just centimetres from Mariana and her bike.
The horror crash happened on 17 May, but Mariana only shared the dramatic footage on social media last week.
She said she had spotted the bus approaching at speed moments before the collision.
Mariana told local media: “There’s a ‘give way’ sign. When I looked towards the slip road, I saw this minibus coming really fast.”
She escaped with sprains to her knee and foot but said the terrifying near-miss left her in shock, as reported by Need To Know.
She said: “I went into shock. In fact, I couldn’t really speak.
“My mouth went completely dry and the only thing I did at that moment was breathe so I could calm down and come to my senses.”
Mariana said she already knew the other biker and had invited him to join her on the ride.
She claims he later told her he simply had not seen her.
She said: “I asked him: ‘Well, what happened?’ And he said: ‘I didn’t see you.’ How could you not see me? I mean, it was very obvious.”
Mariana’s motorcycle was written off following the crash on the Mexico–Querétaro motorway, in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico, and covered by her insurer.
But she claims the other rider was uninsured and still owes her more than MXN 20,000 (£873) after paying only some of the costs.
She has now shared the footage in the hope it encourages other road users to take more care.
Mariana said: “When we watch the video, the question isn’t who was at fault, but how we can prevent this kind of situation.”
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