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This is the moment the cab of a gas tanker is completely obliterated in a huge explosion after crashing into a stationary car carrier on a busy motorway.
The crash happened on the M-12 highway near Arzamas in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, at around midday on 23rd August.
Video footage shows the tanker ploughing into the back of the car carrier at full speed. The cab is crushed between its load and the vehicle in front before a violent white gas cloud erupts as the pressurised liquefied carbon dioxide suddenly expands.
Debris from the vehicles scatters across the highway as the force of the blast rips the cab apart.
The regional Ministry of Internal Affairs said the tanker was transporting liquefied carbon dioxide when it ruptured.
The driver of the gas tanker died at the scene.
A man and a child in a passing car were also injured and received medical treatment.
Traffic police are investigating the cause of the accident.
(Mike Leidig / newsX)
Byline Journalist: Mike Leidig
Byline Sub editor: Simona Kitanovska
Byline Spotter: Aloysius Fernandes
Byline Commisioning Editor: Aloysius Fernandes
Byline Senior Writer: Mike Leidig
Byline Picture Editor: Zorica Stojkovik
Byline Video Editor: Aloysius Fernandes
Byline Copychecker: Dushko Kochoski
Byline Illustrator: Dushko Kochoski
Byline News Editor: Mike Leidig
Geography: Nizhny_Novgorod
Subject: K1, VP, Accidents, Road Accidents
T4 Editor Story Rating: 6
T4 Editor Pic/Vid rating: 8
T4 Total rating: 7
