Motorists were fortunate to escape unharmed as a landslide pushed a car off a cliff in southwestern China.

The alarming video was recorded in Zhaotong City in Yunnan Province on July 14. A car was swept off a cliff by a collapsed mountainside.

Luckily, all four passengers inside managed to escape without injury.

The road became impassable due to the landslide, with witnesses describing a car queued up and moving slowly through the affected area.

Suddenly, the landslide hit, burying the road in earth and trapping the vehicle. Confronted with immediate danger, the four passengers acted swiftly: two climbed out through the sunroof while the other two escaped through the windows, just moments before their car was pushed off the cliff.

Reports indicate they had exited the vehicle about 20 minutes before the landslide intensified and caused the car to tumble down the cliff, disappearing.

In response to the incident, local authorities and emergency response teams quickly mobilised to the scene to manage the situation.

Preliminary investigations attributed the cause of the accident to the complex local geological conditions worsened by recent heavy rainfall.

7月14日，云南昭通永善县务基镇发生了一起惊心动魄的山体滑坡事故，一辆轿车在滑坡中被推下悬崖，但幸运的是，车内的四名乘客提前成功逃生，避免了悲剧的发生。

当日，该路段因山体滑坡导致道路被泥土覆盖，交通受阻。据目击者称，当时一辆轿车正排队有序通过该路段，不料突然遭遇山体滑坡。滑坡的泥土迅速覆盖了道路，轿车被压在泥土之下，无法动弹。面对突如其来的危险，车内的四名乘客迅速响应，其中两人从天窗爬出，另外两人则从车窗爬出，成功逃离了即将被推下悬崖的轿车。

据了解，他们提前约20分钟撤离了车辆，就在他们撤离后不久，山体滑坡进一步加剧，轿车被推下了悬崖，翻滚并最终消失在视线之外。

事故发生后，当地政府和相关部门迅速启动了应急响应机制，组织救援力量赶赴现场进行处置。
经过初步调查，事故原因与当地复杂的地质条件和近期的降雨天气密切相关。为避免类似事件的再次发生，相关部门表示将进一步加强地质灾害隐患点的排查和治理工作，提高监测预警能力，确保民众安全。