- Truck came to a rest on top of blue sedan on Western Ring Road in Melbourne
- It closed at least two lanes of the busy highway ahead of morning peak hour
- There were no reports of injuries to the drivers of both the truck and the car
A Melbourne driver has had a miraculous escape after a semi-trailer carrying scrap metal ended up on top of his car in a freeway crash.
The truck and car collided on the Western Ring Road between the Hume Highway and Pascoe Vale Road at Glenroy at 4am on Tuesday.
But neither the truck driver or man driving the car, both in their 40s, were injured in the crash.
A semi-trailer has crashed over a barrier and smashed onto a car on a busy Melbourne highway
The dramatic crash caused lanes on the Western Ring Road to be closed, bringing traffic to a crawl ahead of peak hour.
A crane will go to the scene after peak hour to remove the truck, which is loaded with scrap metal.
Meanwhile, a five-car pileup caused further traffic chaos after the vehicle collided at the on-ramp to the Ring Road from the Tulla Freeway, 3AW Breakfast reports.
The crash closed lanes on the Western Ring Road, bringing traffic to a crawl before peak hour