Giant boulder misses car by mere inches

The luckiest guy in the world? The luckiest guy in the world.

Tropical Storm Kong-Rey battered Taiwan at the weekend, dumping more than 500mm of rain on the heavily-populated island and causing widespread flooding.

In the north-east city of Keelung, the rains triggered an avalanche that dumped thousands of tons of mud, rubble and boulders from a cliff face onto a busy road below.

This incredible dashcam footage filmed on Saturday, August 31 shows one motorist's lucky escape as a giant boulder - easily the size of your average suburban semi - tumbled onto the road below, missing his car by mere inches.

(Lai Hong-Wei via YouTube)

The below GIF shows the moment of impact, with the boulder's momentum almost tipping it over onto the vehicle.

Whoah.

A second clip shows the aftermath of the incident, clearly illustrating just how close the driver came to being pancaked.

(Russia Today via YouTube)

We strongly advise that man to buy a lottery ticket, stat.

(H/T: Félim McMahon/Storyful)