Two lorries were hit after several enormous boulders rolled down a mountainside and wiped them out.
Horror dashcam footage shows one boulder, roughly the size of a lorry itself, rolling down the slope and landing directly on top of a HGV.
It apparently crushes the vehicle, which is sent crashing on its side.
Another driver stops in the road a split second before his vehicle is slammed by the rockfall.
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Other clips show the shocked driver’s quick actions as he promptly takes off his seatbelt and jumps out of the cab as it’s being crushed by the boulders.
Incredibly, both drivers survived on the Central Highway in San Mateo, located northeast of Lima in Peru, on Saturday (2 Mar).
The cargo in both lorries was crushed and a section of the road was heavily damaged by the landslide.
Images of the aftermath show dozens of huge rocks littering the highway alongside the wreckage of the two crushed lorries.
According to reports, it took the authorities around four hours to clear the section of the mountain road, known for regular rockfalls.
Officials believe the ground was probably destabilised by heavy rainfall in the area in the days leading up to the landslide.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
One local said: “The lorry driver’s reaction was very quick, I think I would have frozen.”
Another said: “When it’s not your turn…”
“Another reason to always wear your seatbelt,” wrote someone else.
Eric remarked: “Wow.”
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