A stretch of the Central Freeway was destroyed.

In a surprising second captured on dashcam, two automobiles have been crushed by an avalanche of monumental boulders that fell down a Peruvian mountainside on Saturday. The hair-raising second confirmed fast-moving rocks hitting the truck and flipping it on its aspect on a highway within the San Mateo district of Huanchor, as per a report within the CNN.

Additional, different small rocks fell from the mountainside and one other gigantic boulder fell from the mountain and crashed into the highway, in entrance of a second car, inflicting an enormous crater, in response to the video.

Watch the video beneath:

Abrupt freeway drive

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Miraculously, each the drivers of the 2 industrial vans survived. Nonetheless, their cargo was crushed and a stretch of the Central Freeway was destroyed.

Photographs of the aftermath present tons of of stones of varied sizes littering the highway, in addition to the wreckage of the 2 automobiles, considered one of which was on its aspect. In accordance with the authorities, it took 4 hours to clear the highway. 

In the meantime, an investigation is underway to know the precise reason for the accident. Officers imagine that rains within the area may have led to the destabilization of the terrain.

In 2023, Peru witnessed landslides triggered by heavy rains for the reason that starting of February. This resulted within the demise of a number of individuals whereas many have been reported lacking throughout the nation. Two miners who have been working within the Puno district of southeast Peru have been killed after a rock fell on them. At the very least 18 individuals have been killed after being swept away by a landslide close to the mines within the Arequipa Area. Many have been additionally reported injured.