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Firefighters cut open the wreckage of the car. Photo: Qianjiang Evening News

Chinese pair make miraculous escape after car crushed by speeding truck

Four-wheel drive slammed into the side of a bridge and run over in Hangzhou

A man and a woman survived after their car was crushed by a speeding cargo truck in eastern China.

The crash happened at a crossroads in Xiaoshan, a district of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, early on Wednesday morning, the Qianjiang Evening News reported.

WATCH: The moment a speeding truck crashes into car (click on image to view)

The car drove straight across the path of the truck and was flung into a side barrier, video footage showed.

The truck then ran over the four-wheel drive, crushing most of it, before slamming to a halt.

Rescuers and firefighters pulled the pair out of the wreckage of their car, according to the article.
Spectators look on as the emergency services work on the wreck of the car.Photo: Qianjiang Evening News

They were both alive, without life-threatening injuries, and were sent to hospital, the report said.

One of the survivors, the 48-year-old driver of the car, had bone fractures to her legs.

The man, her brother-in-law in his 50s, had an injury to his waist, the report said.

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