Driver incredibly survives after boulder crushes his brand new car in Pakistan – but his three passengers are killed
- Rashid Iqbal, 46, was driving his new Suzuki when the a landslide suddenly crushed his car
- A one tonne boulder landed inches away from the driver’s head
- The landslide occured in the town of Dhirkot in the southern region of Azad Kashmir
A driver in Pakistan has escaped death by mere inches after his brand new car was crushed by a landslide of large boulders.
Rashid Iqbal, 46, was driving three passengers in his new Suzuki when a one tonne boulder suddenly crushed the car, killing his three companions.
The landslide occured on March 24 in the town of Dhirkot in the southern Pakistani region of Azad Kashmir.
Rashid Iqbal, 46, was driving three passengers in his new Suzuki when the a one tonne boulder suddenly crushed the car. He was the sole survivor
A one tonne boulder fell directly on Iqbal’s new car, crushing it and killing the three passengers who were with him. The large boulder missed Iqbal’s head by mere inches
Locals hurridley stepped in to help and smashed through the car windows with hammers in hopes of saving any survivors.
The driver luckily survived the landslide and only suffered minor wounds to his head
Once locals had spotted the driver, they hacked through the crushed car door with an axe to set him free.
One local held Iqbal’s head as they pried the wreckage apart in a bit to save him.
The rescue mission took around two hours.
Iqbal was dragged out from among the rubble and debris and rushed to hospital.
Astonishingly, the driver only suffered minor head wounds.
Iqbal was driving three passengers in his brand new Suzuki when the sudden landslide crushed the car. Locals rushed to the scene in a bid to rescue any survivors
It took a two-hour rescue mission to pull Iqbal from the wreckage. Heavy machinery was required to get the three passengers out, who all died at the scene
Heavy machinery was required to pull the three passenger’s out from the wreckage though the three died at the scene.
A witness said: “It was his day to escape. There are good and bad days. It was one of the worst tragedies that befallen upon us after losing three others, you know human life is invaluable.”