Massive boulders rush down Peruvian mountainside, crush trucks in shocking video

 

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Boulders falling onto a traveled road in San Mateo, Peru. pic.twitter.com/BxveowElCF

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 An avalanche of massive boulders tumbling down a Peruvian mountainside smashed a pair of trucks Saturday in a jaw-dropping moment that miraculously didn’t kill anyone. 

The giant, fast-moving rocks tossed one of the trucks like a bowling pin — sending it into the air and flipping it on its side in shocking video footage.

The drivers of the two commercial trucks survived, but their cargo was crushed and a stretch of Central Highway in the San Mateo district of Huanchor was destroyed, CNN Chile reported. 

Dashcam footage that captured the destruction shows one boulder the size of a car fly down the mountainside directly into a truck, tossing it in the air after it strikes it.

A steady stream of tumbling rocks followed and another large boulder rushing down the mountain crashed into the roadway directly in front of a second truck, leaving a huge hole in the roadway, according to the clip.

Photos of the aftermath show dozens of stones in varying sizes littered across the roadway, along with the wreckage from the two trucks, including one on its side.

It took about four hours to clear the road, Peruvian outlet La Republica reported.

Authorities were investigating the cause of the incident. Officials believe heavy rainfall in the area might have destabilized the ground, CNN Chile and La Republica reported.

More than a year ago, the country faced tragedy when dozens of people were killed from landslides due to steady rain.