Driver chases runaway truck packed with gas canisters and stops it inches before it goes over cliff in heart-stopping footage
- Gas truck driver had left his vehicle in neutral when it suddenly jerked forwards
- The man ran in front of the truck to get to the cab and steer it away from a cliff
- The footage was recorded in Ibirité near Belo Horizonte, southern Brazil
This is the shocking moment a gas truck driver avoided catastrophe after his vehicle started driving off without him.
CCTV shows the worker as he is forced to run in front of the out of control lorry to get back behind the wheel and stop it rolling off a cliff.
The footage was recorded in Ibirité near Belo Horizonte, southern Brazil.
The video begins after the man has finished loading his stake bed truck full of gas canisters from a local depot.
It appears he had left the truck running and in neutral while he went to carry out a few last minute checks before heading off.
But somehow the truck engages with first gear and starts rolling towards the street without him.
CCTV shows the gas truck driver as he is forced to run in front of the out of control lorry to get back behind the wheel and stop it rolling off a cliff near Belo Horizonte, southern Brazil
The driver narrowly misses being hit as he runs back around to the driver’s side before prizing open the door and grabbing for the wheel.
His quick actions stop the vehicle from knocking into a neighbour’s wall, but puts the truck on path to fall over a cliff.
Colleagues from the gas depot run outside to help but luckily the worker is able to get back into the cab and bring the truck to a halt.
The driver narrowly misses being hit as he runs back around to the driver’s side before prizing open the door and grabbing for the wheel to avoid hitting a neighbour’s wall
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