Police in the Pilbara have released disturbing video footage of a truck which was swept off the road by flood waters.
The video, on the Marble Bar Police Twitter page, shows fast flowing water across Ripon Hills Road 130km east of the remote town.
![A Pilbara truck driver is lucky to be alive after his truck was swept off a road by flood waters.](/web/20170204081916im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/5/m/d/5/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gu5m7v.png/1486191504189.png)
The video shows that the force of the flood waters has flattened trees on either side of the road.
As the video pans to the left the remains of the truck's cab can be seen where it has been washed off the road and come to rest against some trees.
If you think it's safe to cross flowing water in a truck or 4WD. Think again. Driver lucky to be alive. Complacency kills #fb #itsnotaboat pic.twitter.com/L1Yhva5p2W
— Marble Bar Police (@MarbBarPol) February 4, 2017
Police said the driver was lucky to have survived.
"If you think it's safe to cross flowing water in a truck or 4WD, think again."
The driver, who was uninjured, was picked up by the police and taken into Marble Bar.
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