A height restriction barrier knocked down by a truck narrowly missed a car in eastern China.

The video, filmed in Dezhou city in Shandong province on September 4, shows a red truck driving through a height restriction barrier, knocking it down.

The collapsing height barrier narrowly missed a car that was overtaking the truck.

Police arrived on-site and a crane helped to move the collapsed height barrier away.

The traffic was back to normal and the truck driver was fined and detained for 15 days.