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This is the shocking moment a driver fell asleep at the wheel on a busy motorway and smashed into the central reservation.
The incident was caught on the dashcams of two vehicles on the Moscow Automobile Ring Road, the MKAD, which runs around the Russian capital.
The footage shows the white car veer from the left-hand lane into the concrete central reservation and bounce back into the carriageway.
But the driver is unable to control his car which again smashes into the central reservation this time hard enough to make it overturn.
The vehicle goes into a roll, overturning several times, before coming to rest upside down in the middle of the road.
Fortunately, the drivers were quick-witted enough to hit the brakes and activate their hazard lights to prevent a pile-up.
Police believe the driver fell asleep at the wheel, was awoken when his car first clipped the central reservation but could not react quickly enough to control his vehicle.
Police are investigating the accident. There is no information on the condition of the driver of the white car. Nobody else was injured in the accident.
The dashcam footage of the spectacular incident is proving popular on video-sharing websites where it sparked a lively debate among users.
Netizen 'Koryushka' said: 'This could have ended pretty badly - not only for the sleepy driver, but for others too.'
And 'VladikS88' added: 'I would not have wanted to see something like this with my own eyes while driving.'
The Moscow Automobile Ring Road, or MKAD, runs 68 miles around the city.