VIDEO: Russian footballer lucky to be alive after 170kph crash

Pictures of the car wreckage on social media show just how lucky he is to have walked away from the crash.

Kuban Krasnodar defender Andrey Yeshchenko somehow managed to survive this high speed collision in Russia this week.

The player was driving his Nissan GT-R through Krasnador city centre at a dangerously high speed when the crash occurred.