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A spectacular avalanche overwhelmed a Freightliner truck, engulfing it in seconds as a Russian mountain road was suddenly blocked by a river of snow.
The driver had jumped out of his vehicle moments before it vanished under the surging torrent in the Caucasus Mountains in south west Russia.
The cascade of snow appeared to come from nowhere and split a remote road in two - at an altitude of around 4,700 ft.