Terrifying moment a driver runs over a CROCODILE at a deadly river crossing – just weeks after 10 of the maneaters surrounded a couple at the same spot
- Footage from Cahills Crossing, NT, showed a crocodile being run over by a car
- The crocodile was lurking beneath the surface of the water when car drove in
- The crocodile appeared to swim away unharmed after it was run over by driver
A driver has unknowingly run over a crocodile at a river crossing known for having the huge reptiles lurking beneath the surface.
The footage, captured at Cahills Crossing in Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory, showed the four-wheel drive bravely driving through the water.
Onlookers filmed the crossing in the hopes of catching a glimpse of one of the crocodiles, with previous visitors to the site spotting up to 20 at a time.
The footage, captured at Cahills Crossing, Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, showed a four-wheel drive driving through the water
The driver, seen in footage supplied to NT News, slowly drove through the water as they made their way to the other side.
Water quickly enveloped the front of the vehicle as it reached halfway up the doors.
‘That’s pretty deep,’ the woman filming said.
Suddenly the car started to shake as though it had run over something.
A crocodiles tail thrashed in the water as it swam under the car after lurking beneath the surface.
‘You’ve just run over a crocodile,’ the woman can be heard to say.
The crocodile appeared to swim away unharmed from the incident.
Cahills Crossing is known to be a dangerous area, with a 40-year-old man taken and killed at the site in 1987
Last month, Rachelle Wastle and her husband Peter were driving through the crossing when they were blocked by a dozen crocodiles.
Terrifying video footage shows the couple’s car submerged into water as they attempted to cross to the other side of the river.
The most famous death at the area was of a 40-year-old man, Kerry McLoughlin who was tragically taken and decapitated by a crocodile in 1987.