Romanian driver’s amazing jump over a roundabout goes viral

A driver in Romania who was recorded completing an amazing jump over a roundabout earlier this month was allegedly asleep when the incident occurred.

The video was captured by several CCTV cameras in the city of Braila, Romania on May 6, and has since gone viral online.

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The video shows the 22-year-old driver mount an island before ramming into the sloped roundabout, sending his vehicle more than two metres into the air.

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The Hollywood style maneuver even had a near-perfect ending, as the car landed on all four tires before coming to a stop.

The car’s airbags deployed on impact and the driver was able to escape serious injury.

Police reportedly suspended the motorist’s license for a month.

Cab drivers who witnessed the incident couldn’t believe what they saw.

“Oh, he flew,” said one driver. “I haven’t seen anything like this and I have been a driver for 27 years!”

Another cab driver said it was “a chance in a million to escape alive.”

A Romanian driver was killed in a similar accident in the city of Timis, when the man’s vehicle mounted a roundabout at full speed, overturned and caught fire.