The key facts

  • An Omoda car knocked down a barrier and fell into a trench on Gagarin Avenue in Nizhny Novgorod
  • The trench had been dug for road repairs
  • No injuries have been reported

Car falls into road trench

In Nizhny Novgorod, a car knocked down a barrier and plunged into a deep pit in the middle of the roadway. A video of the incident was published by the Telegram channel 'Nizhny Novgorod Without Censorship', Gazeta.Ru reported. According to the channel's post, the car crashed into the fencing of roadworks on Gagarin Avenue.

What can be seen in the footage

Footage from the scene shows a white Omoda sedan with its front end in the trench and its rear wheels hanging above the road. Several plastic barrier blocks are torn apart. The Telegram channel Ni Mash clarifies, that the pit in the roadway had been dug for road repairs. No injuries have been reported in the accident.