Slip, sliding away: Video of two men jumping into river to save runaway car in China delights mainland social media


By Fran Lu

A runaway car collided with a man and rolled into a river before the miraculously uninjured man and another jumped in to pull the vehicle out. Mainland Internet users were stunned by video of the man’s lucky escape and the actions of his companion in ‘rescuing’ the car from the water. — SCMP

Chinese social media has been astonished by CCTV footage showing a car rolling down a slope into a river before being retrieved by two men who jumped into the water and swam after it.

Millions online held their breath while watching the video of the empty car parked in front of a ferry crossing before it started sliding down a slope towards a river in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 23.

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