BMW in horror plunge from three-storey car park before landing upside down

Footage captured the horrific moment a BMW M4 Coupe plunged from the third floor of a multi-storey car park and landed upside down on the road below.

The vehicle crashed through a barrier and plunged some 40ft. A yellow car stops in its tracks to avoid hitting a crushed vehicle. Footage moments after the crash shows a crowd of passers-by desperately seeking to free the occupants of the stricken BMW, reports the Mirror.

Paramedics were at the scene quickly but could not save Russian driver Rafael Arakelyan, 37, and his wife and son, 12, according to reports. Law enforcement in the Russian city Krasnodar confirmed that all three died at the scene. Investigators are now seeking to establish if the fall was a terrible accident - or murder.

The grey metallic car is seen on CCTV footage with its headlights on, missing a turn and speeding inside the car park at the Gallery shopping mall in Krasnodar, capital of a region joined by a 12-mile bridge to the Russian-occupied Crimea peninsula. The speeding in the car park has prompted the Russian Investigative Committee to open a murder case, according to reports.

The businessman driver may have deliberately put his foot on the accelerator, they fear. But investigators do not rule out that the driver had lost control or there was a technical fault or even sabotage of the vehicle. The driver bought the BMW around one month ago, according to records. A full investigation is underway into the crash.

It comes after a Russian driver had a miraculous escape after his Volkswagen Touareg plunged 40ft from a multi-storey car park in December last year. He was driving the SUV when it smashed through a flimsy barrier and fell to the road below.

A video caught the moment of the dramatic fall. The VW did a corkscrew spin on the way down, with the front taking the full force of the strike with the ground. It then righted itself on all four wheels. The lucky driver - named as Evgeny Shamko, 40 - suffered no more than shock, said reports.

A witness said: “The ambulance came but did not pick him up. He was not injured.”

He was seen giving a statement to officers in a police car. A check was being done for alcohol in the blood after a bottle was found in the crashed Volkswagen Touareg, said reports.

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