A Melbourne driver has had an incredible escape after their car was crushed by a tanker truck against the barrier of a Melbourne tunnel last night.

Extraordinary CCTV vision from inside the Burnley Tunnel shows the fuel tanker seemingly unaware of a Mitsubishi Pajero in its path as it indicated and moved into the left outbound lane about 9.15pm.

Sparks and debris flew as the Pajero became squashed between the truck and the wall of the tunnel.

Both vehicles came to a grinding halt after the fuel tanker slammed on the brakes.

Emergency services were on scene within minutes. Amazingly no one was physically hurt.

Traffic was brought to a standstill as heavy machinery was brought in to separate the two vehicles and remove them from the tunnel.

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