Tow truck FAIL: Breakdown vehicle comes to save car teetering on the edge of an embankment…only to smash into it and push it off the ledge
- The truck reverses along a terrifying embankment with a steep incline
- It then begins to scrape along the concrete wall when the end of the truck turns
- The driver then smashes into the SUV it came to rescue, pushing it into the water
A video of a tow truck accidentally pushing a car off an embankment into water has been viewed more than 2,000 times.
The truck is seen reversing along a road, located next to a very steep incline, and making its way towards a black SUV, which is teetering on the edge of the embankment.
The driver, who is being followed by several people, then stops, moves forward, and carries on reversing.
A tow truck attempted to rescue an SUV, which was hanging off the edge of an embankment
Several people watched as the truck began to reverse backwards and started to graze along the wall
But then truck reversed into the SUV, knocking it off the edge of the embankment into the water below
However the rescue mission stars to go awry when the end of truck turns towards the concrete wall and begins to scrape along it.
The driver then speeds up a little and smashes into the front of the SUV, pushing it off the ledge and in to the water below.
The footage, which was published on video sharing website Live Leak, has been viewed more than 2,100 times.
It is not clear where the video was filmed.
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