Two women in China have trended on mainland social media after jumping out of a moving electric car on a highway because they thought they smelt petrol and were frightened the vehicle would explode.
Star Video reported that the two from Zhejiang province in eastern China jumped from the electric car while driving on a highway on March 22, after they thought the smell was a sign the car would explode.
A viral video of the incident shows the black car reducing speed while the emergency lights are flashing. Suddenly, the driver and front passenger doors open, and the women jump out of the moving vehicle. A bus behind them swerves out of the way and then keeps going.
After jumping on the ground and standing up, the two women are seen running away from the abandoned car.
Local traffic police responded quickly and, upon arriving at the scene, tried to calm the women as they tried to understand what had happened.