A driver jumped off an overloaded tractor right before it hurtled out of control, blew a tyre and overturned in India on 19 August.

The vehicle's trailer was overloaded with timber at the time.

The problems started when one of its tyres suffered a puncture while the tractor was making a steep ascent, forcing it to a halt. The driver applied the brakes but struggled to keep the vehicle stationary.

A few people who saw his plight placed a stone behind a tractor tyre to stop it from rolling back, but the effort was in vain and the tractor kept rolling back, but now even more unbalanced from going over the rock.

The driver then jumped from the vehicle, which picked up pace, span out of control and overturned with a bang as a tyre burst.

The incident happened close to Makonahalli village, officially part of Mudigere town in the state of Karnataka.

It was filmed by a resident of Makonahalli, who tried to help the tractor driver, with his friends.

A driver jumped to save his life when a tractor, which was overloaded with timber, overturned. The problem started when one of the tyres suffered a puncture when the tractor was making a steep ascent and came to a halt. The driver applied brakes but struggled to keep the vehicle stationary and a few people who saw his plight placed a stone before a tractor tyre to stop it from rolling back. But it was not enough and the tractor started rolling backwards and overturned but not before the driver jumped to save his life. Incident happened on August 19 near close to Makonahalli village under the jurisdiction of Mudigere town in state of Karnataka. Filmed by a resident of Makonahalli who tried to help the tractor driver with his friends.