Biker almost caught by lorry tipping over!

• The biker could hardly do anything, except watch the truck overturn.

It was a close call for a motorcyclist who escaped unhurt after the lorry he was driving inches away suddenly flipped over and the sand and stones kept in it almost buried him. As it turned over, the biker skidded on the road as he got swept away by the avalanche of construction material.

The entire incident, which took place in Zhaotong City, South West China on January 16, was caught on camera and the 42-second clip was posted on Twitter. It has sparked an OMG reaction among the Netizens, since then.

In the video, as both the vehicles reach an intersection, the lorry loses balance when it tries to take a turn and flips over. The biker could hardly do anything, except watch the truck overturn.

It was the tarpaulin covering the lorry that saved the biker, as it prevented him from getting buried in the stones and sand.

"Well that was freaking lucky. Motorcyclists are easily squashed," one Twitter user remarked. "Second life," said another.

Sure, it is the second birth for the biker, and can be attributed to a Providential escape.