Driver miraculously escapes injury after his car is crushed while trying to drive under a semi-trailer
- A car was left mangled after colliding with a parked freight truck in Auckland
- Images of the incident show the car's roof caved in and metal wedged in the side
- The driver was accessed at the scene and had only suffered minor injuries
A driver has miraculously walked away unscathed from a serious crash involving a freight truck that left his car mangled.
Emergency crews were called to the scene of the crash in south Auckland, on New Zealand's north island, on Wednesday morning.
Images of the incident look brutal, with the hatchback wedged under the trailer of the truck.
Images of the incident look brutal, with the hatchback wedged under the trailer of the truck
The car's roof has been crushed and there is a large piece of metal from the truck piercing through the passenger side of the vehicle.
The impact of the car crashing into the parked truck forced the airbags to deploy yet, somehow, the driver only suffered minor injuries.
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A St John Ambulance spokesman said the patient did not require hospital treatment.
The driver was seen walking around after the collision, a witness told The New Zealand Herald.
The car's roof has been crushed and there is a large piece of metal from the truck piercing through the passenger side of the vehicle
A driver has miraculously walked away unscathed from a serious crash involving a freight truck that left his car mangled
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