This is the terrifying moment two women were inches from being crushed to death after a four-tonne steel pipe fell onto their car.<br /><br />Driver Natthaija Chanthanakhiri, 33, and friend Panadda Akkaradamrongdej, 35, were stuck in traffic in the white Mercedes E-Class on August 8 in Bangkok, Thailand.<br /><br />Businesswoman Natthaija saw the huge tube used for pile drilling start swaying and screamed as she watched it fall towards her. <br /><br />The 15-metre-long and 80cm wide metal pipe landed on her bonnet, causing the airbags to deploy. The passenger, Panadda, was rushed to hospital with minor injuries but was not seriously hurt.<br /><br />Shaken Natthaija said: ''I saw pipe start moving and I could see it falling. There was a traffic jam with a car in front and another behind. I couldn't move out of the way. <br /><br />''I'm very shocked. If we were a little bit further forward the pipe could have killed us both.''<br /><br />Dashcam footage from the car behind them shows how near they were to being crushed by pipe.<br /><br />Another female motorist, who was in the car behind with her husband, branded the accident a ''very bad health and safety failure''. <br /><br />She declined to be named but said she wanted people to see the shocking construction blunder which was captured by her in-car camera. She is hear in the footage saying: ''Oh, shhh. That's not good. That's very bad.''<br /><br />Police arrived on the scene at 5.30pm and established that the pipe was being used as part of construction work to widen the road. <br /><br />Maj. Gen. Prachatiporn Thongchai from the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority said officials were now investigating the cause of the accident.
