Man forgets to use handbrake, car rolls into river

This is one incident that could’ve ended very badly. 

Footage has been doing the rounds on social media which shows a driver who forgot to pull his car's handbrake up. At the start of the video he is seen chatting with someone, then notices the car rolling. He instantly ran to get into the car to pull the handbrake up.

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However, in his panic, instead of pulling the handbrake up, he slammed his foot on the accelerator. The car reversed at full speed, ran over a motorbike, and landed up in the river behind him. 

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Luckily, Mr Zhang, the driver, managed to get out and escaped drowning.

What a close call! Have a look at the crazy footage below: