This is the shocking moment a massive digger crashed onto its side while demolishing a former brewery building.

Drone footage showed how workers ran for cover when the heavy machinery suddenly tumbled over and sent bricks flying across a road on Thursday (Oct 24).

Pictures later revealed how the hulking plant vehicle was left teetering on a mountain of rubble at a precarious angle.

The digger was demolishing a former visitor centre that was part of the old Thwaites Brewery, in Blackburn, Lancashire, when the incident unfolded.

The building is now owned by the Issa brothers' Monte Blackburn Ltd property arm.

Thankfully no one was hurt and the demolition process was back underway the next day after the vehicle was retrieved.

One local shopper who saw the digger after the fall joked: "Looks like it got into a bit of trouble in the rubble. "

"Hope whoever was in that is OK. I remember this building but if it was not being put to any use it may as well be knocked down."

The old Thwaites Brewery is currently being redeveloped as part of a £250million, 10-year council masterplan.