Russia's Crazy Roads: Flying Car Stuns Drivers

01 March 2013 | Issue 5079

The Moscow Times

Drivers in the city of Alexandrov in the Vladimir region were stunned to see a Volkswagen Polo quite literally fly through an intersection after the driver lost control of the vehicle. In the video, witnesses can be seen rushing toward the injured driver, who, miraculously, suffered only a broken leg in the shocking gravity-defying crash.

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Russia's Crazy Roads: Flying Car Stuns Drivers

Kremlin Grapples With Series of PR Disasters

Pakistan Roots Seen in Moscow Terror Plot

Golden Arches Will Fuel Gold Medals in Sochi

Dvorkovich Upbeat on His, and Russia's, Future

Why Navalny Will Most Likely Be Convicted

Booted U.S. Lawyer Backed Magnitsky

Russia's Crazy Roads: Flying Car Stuns Drivers