THIS is the moment a car travelling at high speed was catapulted into the air, clipped a pillar of an unfinished bridge and exploded into a fireball.

The terrifying crash - captured on CCTV - happened in Russia in the early hours of Sunday.

CCTV footage shows the vehicle racing along what looked like a normal stretch of road before it suddenly vanished into mud at the construction site.

The car was launched into the air, clipped the top of a support pillar, caught fire, and then fell into the river below.

Miraculously, the driver survived after the water put out the flames and gave him a soft landing.

Bridge workers said they were woken by a loud bang in the early hours.

They later found tyre marks, a bumper, and a licence plate left behind at the scene.

The driver was taken to

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