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07-21-2016, 07:06 AM
Bus driver executes almost impossible U-turn to save the day
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If the producers of the Speed franchise are ever thinking of making a third movie, they should consider hiring this Chinese bus driver as a stuntman.
The city of Xingtai in central China's Hebei province has been hit by heavy rainfall, which led to massive floods that disrupted transportation in the region.*
SEE ALSO: Terrifying hailstorm damages front of plane while it was trying to land (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/china-southern-airlines-hailstorm/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
On Tuesday, an unidentified bus driver became a local hero (http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2016-07/20/c_129162474_2.htm) when he executed a three-point turn on a two-lane road to avoid a flooded tunnel up ahead.
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Image: weibo
From the pictures that have since gone viral on Weibo, we can see that the width of the roads is about the same as the length of the bus. There was a point where the driver narrowly missed getting stuck in between the wall dividers. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/china-bus-impressive-u-turn/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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If the producers of the Speed franchise are ever thinking of making a third movie, they should consider hiring this Chinese bus driver as a stuntman.
The city of Xingtai in central China's Hebei province has been hit by heavy rainfall, which led to massive floods that disrupted transportation in the region.*
SEE ALSO: Terrifying hailstorm damages front of plane while it was trying to land (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/china-southern-airlines-hailstorm/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
On Tuesday, an unidentified bus driver became a local hero (http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2016-07/20/c_129162474_2.htm) when he executed a three-point turn on a two-lane road to avoid a flooded tunnel up ahead.
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Image: weibo
From the pictures that have since gone viral on Weibo, we can see that the width of the roads is about the same as the length of the bus. There was a point where the driver narrowly missed getting stuck in between the wall dividers. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/china-bus-impressive-u-turn/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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