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The car makes its way off the footbridge in Fuzhou after the flooding on Sunday. [Photo/qq.com]

Driver parks on overpass to avoid flooding

A driver came up with a novel solution to keep his car away from rising floodwaters when Typhoon Soudelor made landfall in East China's Fujian province over the weekend.

The motorist drove his car up the steps and on to an overpass in Fuzhou in Fujian province when he was caught in the heavy rain on Saturday afternoon.

"It was raining cats and dogs and the water levels kept rising," the driver was quoted as saying on the website News.qq.com.

Fearing the vehicle would stall, the man drove onto the raised walkway, but how he managed to get his car off the bridge the next day after water levels subsided remains a mystery.

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