A coach driver pushed a bar of iron away after it smashed through the vehicle's windscreen in south China's Chongqing on May 16.

The dramatic video, provided by local media with permission, shows a piece of iron falling from a truck smashing into a coach full of passengers through its front windscreen.

Another clip shows the coach driver used his hand to push the iron away after it flew to the side of him before slowly stopping the vehicle.

Fortunately, none of the passengers were injured and the driver only had scratches on his hand.

The highway law enforcement officers had informed the truck driver to go to the station for investigation.