Terrifying moment biker has a narrow escape when pick-up truck spins across the road towards him
- Motorcyclist driving along highway a pickup truck in the other lane loses control
- Vehicle swerves out in front of the bike missing its front wheels by inches
- Incident occurred in the Surat Thani province of southern Thailand
A motorcyclist was forced to make a last-gasp swerve to avoid hitting an out-of-control pickup truck at 60mph.
The biker faced a potentially near-fatal crash after another moped dangerously pulled out in front of the car.
The incident was captured in the Surat Thani province of southern Thailand.
In the video, the motorcyclist is seen riding along a rural highway in the country, with his speedometer reaching 107kmph (66mph).
Up ahead on the other side of the road, a pickup truck loses control after another bike shoots past them on their right hand side.
The truck driver can’t keep the vehicle is their own lane, and swerving out in to the path of the motorcyclist.
A motorcyclist was forced to make a last-gasp swerve to avoid hitting an out-of-control pickup truck in Surat Thani province, southern Thailand
As the motorcyclist rides along a rural highwa, a pickup truck loses control when another bike shoots past them, causing them to swerve out on to the other side of the road
With only a few metres between them, the biker hits their brakes, but the truck’s tail end is stuck out into the middle of the road, meaning the biker has to do something to get out of its path.
But rather than panic, the motorbiker simply nudges their bike over to the right and misses a potentially fatal crash by inches.
The footage ends with the driver steadying themself, before continuing on down the road.
It is not known whether the pickup driver was injured in the incident.
Rather than panic, the motorbiker simply pulls on the brakes and nudges their bike over to the right, missing a potentially fatal crash by inches