Moment firefighters rescue family from SUV dangling off 16ft wall

Firefighters rescue family from SUV dangling off a 16ft wall after mother crashed through railings in China

• A mother and two children in Yantai, China, were left dangling over a ledge  
• The driver had accelerated while trying to park and crashed through railings
• Footage showed the navy SUV precariously perched on wall above a 16ft drop
• Firefighters rescued all three without any injuries using a safety ladder 

This is the nerve-wracking moment a Chinese family were rescued by firefighters from a car dangling off a 16ft wall – after its driver accidentally hit the accelerator.

Emergency workers in Yantai, a city in Shandong Province, China, rescued the mother and two children on January 25 after their navy SUV crashed through guard railings at 1.10pm.

Security camera footage shows the car lurching forwards in a parking space and dropping over the edge of the 16ft (5m) wall.

Firefighters used a safety ladder to bring the family back to safety after their fall in Yantai, China

Still images showed just how close the family were to disaster as the car had fully cleared the protective railings

Firefighters rescued the mother and two children from the car perched on a wall

Fortunately the car’s fall was broken by another, lower wall. However, it ended up precariously balanced at a 45 degree angle with its front bumper on the lower wall and its rear wheels up on the parapet. 

Although no one was injured in the incident, the family were trapped inside the vehicle, terrified to open a door in case this made the vehicle tip sideways.

The footage then shows the firefighters on the scene helping a person in an orange jumper out of the dangling car as they held onto one of the emergency workers.

The firefighters used a safety ladder to reach the people inside the car who used back window to get out of the vehicle. 

The navy SUV was attempting to park but accelerated and sped through protective railings

Fortunately none of the people inside the navy SUV was injured in the car’s accident on January 25 at 1.10pm

One member of the family was wearing a harness for extra safety during their escape.

At the end of the footage, still images showed just how close the family were to disaster as the car had fully cleared the protective railings and had only been buffered by the wall.

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