Amazing escape after mountain crash

A race car driver and his co-driver had a miraculous escape - after their car plunged off the side of a mountain.

Jeremy Foley and co-driver Yuri Kouznetsov flew off the track during the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

Spectators watched in horror as their Mitsubishi Evo cart-wheeled eight times down the mountainside.

It happened during a dangerous section, known as the Devil's playground, of the race up the 14,000ft-high Pikes Peak in Colorado.

Wheels, body panels and engine parts flew off the powerful 560bhp car as it tumbled hundreds of feet.

But rescuers were amazed to find the two men still conscious and suffering only minor injuries.

Both men were airlifted to a local hospital but were saved by the steel cage which reinforced the body of the car.

Jeremy later wrote to friends and fans on Facebook: "Yuri and I are OK, a little beaten up but nothing major.

"Thank you so much to everyone for their kindness and support - it is a wonderful feeling to feel so loved."