Shocking video footage has emerged of the extraordinary moment a Brazilian minibus was swallowed up in the middle of the road and then swept away in a furious torrent of flood water . Filmed in a remote area of Para state in the north of the country , the clip begins by showing the silver bus being evacuated after becoming stuck on a rapidly collapsing road . Seconds later a massive sinkhole opens up beneath the vehicle causing up it to plummet into the fast-moving flood waters below . The stricken bus is then seen being carried off into the distance by the raging deluge . Calm : Filmed in a remote area of Para state in the north of the country , the clip begins by showing the silver bus being evacuated after becoming stuck on a rapidly collapsing road . Good decision : Having spotted the road surface rapidly disintegrating , the driver of the bus decided to evacuate and abandon the vehicle before it is too late . Sinking : Seconds later that decision is vindicated as a massive sinkhole opens up directly beneath the bus , causing it to tumble into the raging deluge below . The shocking video shows the bus grinding to a halt as it travels along the Amazonian mud track . With a flooded river running beneath the road , it becomes clear to the driver that the surface is rapidly disintegrating , so he decides to abandon the vehicle before it is too late . Seconds later that decision is vindicated as a massive sinkhole opens up directly beneath the bus , causing it to tumble into the furious waters below . The sheer power of the flooded river is immediately evident as the massive vehicle is washed away by the current , bucking and bronking in the water , which has taken on a yellow colour due to the amount of mud and silt it has washed away from the surrounding area . Thankfully nobody was injured in the incident , which is believed to have been filmed after recent heavy rainfall in remote areas of Para state . Fall : The large silver bus is seen tumbling in to the sinkhole after the rural mud track collapsed . Lucky escape : Thankfully nobody was injured in the incident , which is believed to have been filmed after recent heavy rainfall in remote areas of Para state . Power : The massive vehicle is washed away by the current , bucking and bronking in the water , which has taken on a yellow colour due to the amount of mud and silt it has washed away from the surrounding area . No resistance : The stricken bus is seen being carried off into the distance by the rampaging flood waters . The incident comes just a week after more than 50 people died after a tour bus plunged off a ridge into a wooded ravine in the mountains of southern Brazil . The bus fell 1,300ft after swerving off a bend in Santa Catarina state as night fell , with at least 11 children among the dead . Highway and weather conditions at the time of the accident in Santa Catarina were good as the bus made its way from the neighbouring state of Parana , a police spokesman said . Although no immediate cause for the crash had been determined , police said it appeared the brakes on the bus had failed . Around 43,000 Brazilians are killed in car crashes every year , with the accident rate increasing 24 per cent from 2002-2012 .
Vehicle was travelling along a mud track in a remote stretch of Para state . Driver spotted road surface rapidly disintegrating and evacuated the bus . Seconds later a massive sinkhole opened up directly below the vehicle . Bus collapsed in to the hole and was washed away in raging flood water . Thanks to the driver 's quick thinking , nobody was hurt in the incident .