NEAR DEATH!!

A lucky trucker survived a real-life cliffhanger when his overloaded lorry balanced above a 400-ft drop after its brakes failed. The lorry – loaded with 40 tonnes of coal – was going too fast to make a turn in Qingzhen, south-west China. ‘The driver had been convinced he was going to die and took a lot of persuading to climb out of his cab and back up the truck,' said a police spokesman.

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