A truck trailer caught the electric wires and snapped them after the driver forgot to put the trailer down in Shanghai on July 13.

In the video, a trailer tiling up on the back of a truck suddenly hooked onto the electric wires hanging in the mid-air and dragged them forward until they snapped.

According to reports, the driver named Zhao found the truck had something wrong and stopped to repair it.

Since it suddenly started raining Zhao rushed into his vehicle to drive and forgot to put the trailer down.

Police contacted the maintenance people to repair the wire.

Zhao has to pay for the 90,000 yuan (£10,500) for the damage and he was also fined and deducted licence points by the police.

7月13日11时许，上海市公安局金山分局朱泾派出所值班民警发现一辆重型自卸货车将路上电缆线拉断了，民警随即赶赴现场进行处置。
驾驶员赵某称，其开车沿朱泾镇秀州街由东向西行驶途中，发现车辆挂档有问题，于是将车临时停靠在路边，将后兜升起进行维修，修理完毕后天下起了大雨，赵某连忙躲进了车里继续驾车上路，直至行驶至事发路口时，感觉车辆突然往后被拽了一下，才想起来忘记将后兜放下了。
民警立即对现场进行临时交通管制，并联系了抢修人员。所幸抢修及时未造成大的影响，但由于赵某未购买相关保险，因此造成的9万余元损失由其一人承担。另外，赵某还因驾车时有其他妨碍安全行车的违法行为被公安机关依法处以罚款200元，记2分的处罚。