Moped rider dies in horrific accident after being buried under boiling tar in China

• Lorry driver claims he swerved to avoid the victim but overturned spilling tar on top of him
• Emergency services said man would have been killed 'within the first minute'

A scooter rider was killed in a horrific accident when a lorry swerved to avoid him but overturned, spilling 10 tons of boiling hot tar on top of him.
The lorry driver Yang Fu told police in Yuhuan, Zhejiang province that his vehicle had overturned when he was forced to brake hard after the scooter suddenly pulled out in front of him.
'The bitumen poured out all over the man on the bike. You could smell it burning. There were some terrible screams and then silence,' said witness Liu Jin.

Horror on the highway: A moped rider died under 10 tons of boiling hot tar after this freak crash in eastern China

Firefighters needed special heat proof boots as they searched for the biker's body in the tar, which was being kept at a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius in the truck.

'He was beyond saving. He would have been dead within the first minute,' said an emergency services spokesman.

Firemen using special heat-proof boots retrieve the victim's body. A spokesman for the emergency services said he would have been killed within a minute

Aftermath: The victim's moped is crushed underneath the truck. The driver claimed that his vehicle flipped over when he was forced to brake hard after the scooter pulled out in front of him

A witness reported hearing the man screaming in pain and then silence