This picture shows the horrifying moment a father in the Philippines was crushed to death in his car by a cement mixer.
Ulysses Ramos, 35, had been driving with wife Marife, 34, in the passenger seat and their three children and pet dog in the back.
But a fully-loaded cement mixer truck, which appeared to lose control of its brakes, hit the curb next to the white Honda before toppling over onto it.
Onlookers rushed to help and used bamboo rods and metal poles to try to hold up the truck while the passengers were freed.
This out of control cement mixer crushed a family car killing a Filipino father instantly
Truck driver Jayson Nuay told police he was not speeding but the brakes failed
Dramatic footage showed the wife, Marife, crying for help from inside the wreckage as paramedics arrived to pull her to safety and take her away on a stretcher.
The puppy was the first to escape from the vehicle and was found running around frantically near the scene of the crash.
Marife and the three children Eulariza, 12, Eugene, 8, and Enrico, 4, were all removed from the car and taken to hospital after the accident on Mindanao Avenue in Quezon City, Philippines on August 15.
Truck driver Jayson Nuay told police he was not speeding but the brakes failed.
He said: ‘I stepped on the brakes several times but they did not work. I turned towards the island so I didn’t hit more people.’
Onlookers rushed to help and used bamboo rods and metal poles to try to hold up the truck while the passengers were freed
The driver of the vehicle was killed while his wife and three children had a miraculous escape
Deputy Officer Ricky Arellano, from the Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety, said the rescue was ‘complicated’.
He said: ‘The cement mixer was full and it crushed the car. It was very difficult to get inside.’
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Celine Pialago earlier said: ‘The driver was found and had no pulse. The other passengers were seriously injured and taken to hospital.’
Jen Ramirez from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology is now looking after the family’s puppy.
He said they will hold onto the dog until the family can claim it back.