A water supply pipe line near Udaipur, Rajasthan state in north India burst open after a truck crashed onto it, spraying jets of water all over the road yesterday morning (April 8).

According to police, a corn truck was coming from Banswada for Udaipur around 7:30 am along the Jaisamand road, when truck driver Dharmesh Gurjer lost his control of his vehicle and struck the pipeline.

Gurjer managed to jump from the truck to save himself and escaped with minor injuries. The pipeline burst as soon as it was hit by the truck and water started spraying out in full force, reaching several metres in the air.

Around 1.5 million litres of water were wasted, traffic being halted by the water flow, and engineers were only able to fix the pipeline two hours later.

A water supply pipe line turned into a big water fountain after a truck met an accident and fell on the pipeline In Rajasthan Udaipur city . According to police a corn laden truck was coming from Banswada for Udaipur On 8th April in morning around 7:30 AM the truck was on Jaisamand road when truck driver Dharmesh Gurjer lost his control over truck at it fell on pipeline.Truck driver anyhow managed to jump from truck to save himself and escaped with minor injuries . As soon as truck fell on pipeline the pipe got burst and water in full force started coming out of it . Water force was so high that it gone several foot high crossing from one side of road to another . According to officials traffic movement halted due to water fountain . Around 15 lakh letres of water got wasted in it . After two hours enginners were able to fix the pipeline