Snowplough horror: Woman ‘cut in half’ by runaway plough that smashed into a bus stop

Several saw the snow plough coming and fled in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatky.

But a 43-year-old woman was hit with reports saying she was killed when she was  cut in half by the vehicle as it crashed into a garage near a shopping centre.

The moment was caught by a dash cam of a passing vehicle.

“Cut in half – I was there when she was still in agony,” the voice of a witness heard saying.

“It was a terrible sight.”

Police in Kamchatka region confirmed the woman had died on the spot from her injuries.

The 33-year-old driver of the snow plough is under investigation over the incident.

Reports said it was not known why he had “lost control” of the vehicle.