Hearse driver saved by lifeless physique after automotive plunges over a canyon

A hearse driver in Colorado narrowly averted plunging right into a canyon due to the physique he was transporting — which was heavy sufficient to stop the opposite facet of the car from tipping over the sting.

The motive force from Hubbard & Sons in Grand Junction was transferring a deceased particular person for organ donation within the snowy early hours of Jan. 29 when he was pressured to vary lanes to keep away from a rushing motorist, CBS News Colorado reported on Monday.

The person subsequently misplaced management of the hearse and crashed via the barrier of Interstate 70 earlier than coming to a cease with the entrance wheels danglings on the precipice of a gnarly drop.

Video footage from the scene reveals the black car lined in snow and wedged over the abyss. 

Though the driving force and his household declined to be interviewed on digicam, they instructed CBS Information that the counterweight from the physique behind the automotive possible stored it from hurtling into oblivion.

“That’s a fortunate motherf-r proper there,” a responding officer may be heard saying within the scene footage.