Driver rescued from overturned truck laden with exploding fireworks
- 7 years ago
A dramatic video has emerged of an overturned truck loaded with fireworks on a Chinese road.
The footage, shot on Sunday in Changde, Hunan Province, China, shows the truck cabin catching fire before it spreads to the fireworks which explode in the sky while a rescue team intervenes.
According to local media, the driver was thrown out of the truck and stuck between the vehicle and the roadside during the accident.
He was rescued successfully by firefighters and sent to hospital.
The fireworks reportedly kept exploding for five hours after the crash.
The footage, shot on Sunday in Changde, Hunan Province, China, shows the truck cabin catching fire before it spreads to the fireworks which explode in the sky while a rescue team intervenes.
According to local media, the driver was thrown out of the truck and stuck between the vehicle and the roadside during the accident.
He was rescued successfully by firefighters and sent to hospital.
The fireworks reportedly kept exploding for five hours after the crash.