Rock-on: Enormous Chinese Boulder Kills Cars, 400 Cases Of Beer

Bertel Schmitt
by Bertel Schmitt

On a mountain road near Bo Xilai’s city of Chongqing, two boulders got bored and went on a run. On the way down the mountain, the rocks crushed five cars. The bigger boulder, estimated to weigh 200 ton, hit the jackpot:

It hit a truck loaded with 400 yellow boxes of beer. Truck and beer totaled.

According to Carnewschina, nobody died. Which is amazing. 400 destroyed cases of beer can be a distressing and stressing sight.


Bertel Schmitt
Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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  • Roberto Esponja Roberto Esponja on Jun 08, 2012

    Lotsa lock!! (Sorry, couldn't help myself) :-P

  • Daveainchina Daveainchina on Jun 08, 2012

    so if no one died what happened to the drivers of the VW and Citroen? Only other thing I have to say is this, those are big rocks. Glad no one died.

    • Kuman Kuman on Jun 09, 2012

      agreed... glad no one dies... perhaps the deities of this millenia prefers beer sacrifices than human sacrifices.

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