Driver laughs as mountain collapses in front of his car

A driver in China has taken laughing in the face of danger to a whole new level, cackling with amazement as a mountain collapses in front of his car.

Video shows a line of cars queued on a highway in Hunan province, Central China on Friday when a landslide sends an enormous wave of dirt crashing down in front of the vehicles.

Whole trees careen down the mountainside and within seconds a wall of dirt several metres high covers the road.

A motorist on the video can be heard exclaiming and laughing in disbelief at his near escape.

Sina News reports no one was injured in the landslide but the man’s strange reaction was causing “controversy” online.

It is believed heavy rainfall the night before led to the ground becoming unstable.