Four people miraculously survived after an 18-wheeler lorry truck lost control and fell on top of their cars.<br /><br />The container truck toppled over when its brakes allegedly failed while making a turn in Chonburi, eastern Thailand on Wednesday afternoon (Aug 5).<br /><br />Footage shows how the 40ft long metal container landed on to to the white Chevrolet Trailblazer and a blue Chevrolet pickup truck.<br /><br />Firemen cut through the wreckage and pulled the drivers and passengers in each vehicle to safety. They were taken to hospital and the injuries were not life-threatening.<br /><br />One of the drivers, Wirat, 20, said he was driving with his father and younger brother, when he saw the speeding truck.<br /><br />He said: "The truck lost its balance and fell down on us. I am injured on my right shoulder but it's not broken.'' <br /><br />The driver of the other car, Pranom Yuenyong, 43, said he was on his way home after work when it happened.<br /><br />He said: "I heard a boom and sensing what happened, I jumped off the vehicle in a few seconds."<br /><br />The victims were rescued by volunteers who used metal cutters to remove them from the vehicles. The injured were given first aid before they were transferred to a nearby hospital.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the lorry truck driver Winai Mongkolkitdamrong, 67, was left at the scene to wait for the police investigation.<br /><br />He said he was delivering a company's container from Samut Sakhon province to the Laem Chabang shipping docks when his brakes failed and lost control.<br /><br />Winai said: "When I noticed that my brakes had failed, I tried to avoid crashing into more people on the main road so I veered into this alley and hit the two cars."<br /><br />Police officers directed traffic while the wreckage was removed from the road. They said that CCTV cameras would be checked to find the cause of the crash.<br /><br />Police captain Apiwat Boom said: ''Investigators will also check to truck to see if there was a problem with the brakes.''
