This is the horrific moment a family of four drove over a 230ft cliff to their deaths in misty conditions near a Russian waterfall tourist spot.
Footage shows the moment the Nissan Almera drove forward towards the edge of the cliff and tipped over, falling into the river below.
Separate video shows the car partially submerged at the bottom of the gorge.
Russian tourists Rustam Gabinov, 38, his wife Alfina, and their two children, ten and eight, were killed instantly in the crash.
Russian tourists Rustam Gabinov, 38, his wife Alfina, and their two children, ten and eight, were killed instantly in the crash
Footage shows the moment the Nissan Almera drove forward towards the edge of the cliff and tipped over, falling into the river below
The car fails to stop and plunges over the edge of a sheer cliff near a famous 230ft waterfall on the Tobot River, a major tourist attraction
Police said the family of four were killed instantly after their car plunged over the edge of the popular Russian tourist spot
Separate video shows the car partially submerged at the bottom of the gorge after tipping over the edge of Tsolotlinsky canyon in mountainous Dagestan republic, in southern Russia
The car was filmed driving towards the edge of Tsolotlinsky canyon in mountainous Dagestan republic, in southern Russia, amid misty conditions.
It fails to stop and plunges over the edge of a sheer cliff near a famous 230ft waterfall on the Tobot River, a major tourist attraction.
A local report said: ‘Police officers, rescuers, and volunteers from local residents are working at the scene of the tragedy.
‘The reasons and circumstances of the incident are being established.’
The family were from Orenburg region in Russia.
Police reports say their bodies were removed from the car.
Russian tourists Rustam Gabinov, 38, his wife Alfina, (left, on their wedding day, and right) and their two children, ten and eight, were killed instantly in the crash
Two carpooling passengers and their driver were killed when their speeding 125 mph Nissan X-Trail collided head-on with the scythe attached to the back of a tractor in Russia last year.
Student Eva Melnikova, 20, an unnamed passenger and the driver, 25, were killed in the horrifying crash between Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny in the country’s southwest.
A video posted on YouTube showed the tractor lying on its side after the accident on the road. The crumpled Nissan was shown next to the tractor with its tailgate open.
Melnikova and another passenger were in a BlaBlaCar – a French online marketplace for carpooling – when the tragedy unfolded.
The high speed Nissan is believed to have rammed into the mechanised scythe on the back of a slow-moving farm tractor.
Alina Derbusheva, a friend of the student who rushed to the crash scene, said she was told that the carpool driver had been moving at 125 mph.
‘It has been confirmed that this driver was going at 200 kilometres per hour, and there was no braking distance,’ she said.
‘It is not clear what he was expecting to happen.’
Two carpooling passengers and their driver were killed when their speeding 125 mph Nissan X-Trail collided head-on with the scythe attached to the back of a tractor on Thursday in Russia
The Nissan was reported to be travelling at almost double the speed limit on the highway. It rammed into the mechanised scythe on the back of a slow-moving farm tractor
Student Eva Melnikova, 20 (pictured), an unnamed passenger and the driver, 25, died at the scene