"Startled Awake from a Nap" Giant Signboard Crashes Beside Head... Chinese Man Survives Miraculously

Signboard Hit by Truck
Falls Right Next to Man's Head

A man in China narrowly escaped death when a large signboard fell right next to his head while he was sleeping on a roadside bench.

According to reports from international outlets such as the New York Post on the 27th (local time), this harrowing incident took place on the 7th in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, China.

Video footage from the scene shows the man sleeping peacefully on a bench by the road with his shoes off. At that moment, a nearby truck crashed into a signboard, which then flew toward the bench where the man was lying.

The signboard landed right next to the man's head, jolting him awake in shock. The edge of the signboard struck a pack of cigarettes lying beside him, sending it flying off the bench.

A signboard falling next to the head of a man sleeping on a bench. Newsflare

As this video spread online, users expressed astonishment at the man's narrow escape, with some suggesting it was a sign to quit smoking.

One user commented, "It reminds me of when Theodore Roosevelt narrowly survived an assassination attempt because a paper in his coat pocket partially stopped the bullet." In 1912, former President Roosevelt was campaigning for reelection in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when German-born John Schrank shot him in the chest. At that time, a fifty-page speech manuscript in his suit pocket partially absorbed the impact of the bullet, helping him avoid serious injury.

Other online comments included, "Cigarettes are bad for your health. This is a sign from above. Cigarettes could kill you," and "If it were me, I'd take this as a message to quit smoking."

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