Boulder dash: Motorist has lucky escape as car ends up only lightly damaged from huge falling rock


BALIK PULAU: A car avoided being crushed and ended up only lightly damaged when a huge boulder came rolling down a slope towards it.

The incident occurred on a sunny afternoon on Friday (Oct 22) on the road from Jalan Tun Sardon to Balik Pulau.

It is believed that there were no casualties during the incident although a section of guardrail was flattened.

The fallen boulder blocked half the road and caused a traffic obstruction.

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