A truck hung over a riverbank after crashing through the guardrails in eastern China due to a failure in its brakes.

The CCTV clip, filmed in the city of Rui'an in Zhejiang Province on November 22, shows the truck suddenly crashing through the guardrails on the side of the river when it was reversing.

The driver can be seen coming out of the truck hanging off the road and walking back to safety by himself.

According to the truck driver, he used the air brake too often when reversing the truck, causing it to run out of air.