A delivery van got stuck hanging over a 200ft cliff edge just feet from the deadly drop.
The terrifying sight met coastal path walkers in Tintagel, Cornwall, who said the Parcelforce driver was around a metre from potential disaster.
Parcelforce have since claimed the driver was never at risk, although an investigation has been launched, reports Cornwall Live .
Local man Graham said he and his wife had been for their regular walk on the coast path on Sunday and were returning home mid-afternoon when they spotted the unusual sight.
He said: "We walk the coast path most days and see some really unusual things but this was perhaps the most unusual.
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"He was delivering to the youth hostel on the coast and we were coming back and the driver was lying on the grass.
"We thought he was in shock but he was lying back calling for a tow.
"The parking for the hostel is on slate shale and I think he dropped a wheel over the bank and there was no grip to back out.
"Had he gone for perhaps another metre the situation could have been very different; he would have gone down over a cliff about 200ft.
"It must have been a shock to him nonentheless."
A spokesman for Parcelforce Worldwide said: "Despite what the picture may suggest, at no stage was our driver at risk in this incident.
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"The van was some distance from the cliff edge and there is a grass verge in front of the vehicle where the driver was able to exit the vehicle in safety with no injuries.
"Following the incident, a recovery vehicle was called and the van was recovered. The driver continued their deliveries in the afternoon.
"An investigation has been commenced to find out what happened."
