A lorry driver lost control and slammed head-on into a Boeing 727 that was being displayed at a petrol station.
The 46-year-old driver is believed to have suffered a sudden medical episode and blacked out behind the wheel prior to the smash.
The truck crossed the opposite carriageway, smashed through a gate, and ploughed into the front of the grounded jet.
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The impact shoved the Boeing nearly 50 feet backwards and wrecked its nose and landing gear.
Station owner Moacir Adelino Barbosa said the plane stopped the lorry from plunging down a steep embankment behind the site.
“The truck hit the nose and pushed the aircraft roughly 15 metres,” he told local media.
Firefighters cut the driver free from the mangled cab and rushed him to hospital in serious condition.
He was conscious when rescued and even managed to phone the owner of the haulage firm despite a deep head wound, as reported by Need To Know.
The crash happened at around 11.43 on Saturday morning at Posto Rodomaster on the Raposo Tavares highway in Regente Feijó, São Paulo State, Brazil.
The station is a local landmark known as ‘The Boeing of the Road’ because it displays two former cargo Boeing 727-200s and an Embraer jet as tourist attractions.
Barbosa, 65, has long planned to turn the aircraft into a themed hotel, and travellers regularly stop for photos and selfies.
Highway operator CART confirmed the accident occurred on private land so no lanes were closed.
Civil Defence teams sealed off the forecourt while emergency crews cleared the debris.
The authorities are treating the driver’s sudden illness as the most likely cause, but said the full circumstances are still being investigated.
No other injuries were reported and the other on-site planes were undamaged.
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