Truck falls into ravine taking tow truck with it

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Truck falls into ravine taking tow truck with it

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A quick thinking tow truck driver jumped to safety as his vehicle tumbled down a cliff in Norway.

03 April,2012 04:35 am

A truck crashed down a mountain side in Norway on Sunday (April 1), taking the tow truck, that had come to its rescue, with it.The driver of the Latvia-registered articulated lorry was injured in the crash and is now in hospital. The driver of the tow truck jumped out of his vehicle seconds before the two trucks fell 60 metres down a mountain wall.The incident was filmed by a passenger in a car behind the truck, and shows the driver of the tow truck jumping out of the vehicle as it started to slide.The truck got stuck on an icy mountain road near Leirfjord, some 930 kilometres from Oslo, and the tow truck had come to its rescue.It was using un-studded summer tyres on the icy roads, according to Norwegian broadcaster Tv2 and the tow truck was supposed to tow the truck for a few more metres before letting it go.The tow truck is now lying crushed underneath the vehicle it was supposed rescue.