A car that went out of control on an highway in Central China's Henan Province, has caught national attention. Netizens are debating what went wrong after a video of the incident was made public. Jiang Shaoyi tells us more about the frightening scenes.

It's like a real-life version of an action movie. A driver surnamed Xue was trapped in a Mercedes-Benz car while speeding down the highway at 120 kilometers per hour. It came after the cruise control function of the car failed to shut off. Mr. Xue soon contacted the car company for help, however, for nearly an hour, he couldn't control anything other than his steering wheel. Still unable to stop the car, He then dialled 110 to call traffic police, who cleared the road for him.

TIAN WEI TRAFFIC POLICE DETACHMENT, PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU OF WEINAN "We diverted other vehicles that would pass a toll station and cleared the traffic, so that we could make way for the Mercedes-Benz car. Just after we had finished this job, the car dashed through the toll station safely."

Mr. Xue decided to take a chance, he unfastened his seat belt and opened the car door before jumping into some bushes. To his surprise and great relief, the car slowed down and finally stopped. Nobody was injured. After the incident, some netizens suggested that staff at the car company might have turned off the cruise control remotely. But the Beijing sales service of Mercedes-Benz has denied this, and said in a statement it would conduct a thorough investigation into the event. Meanwhile, social media has been abuzz with speculation. Chinese writer and racer Han Han challenged the authenticity of the incident, and he believe that the driver might have exaggerated some parts of the story. Other netizens expressed concern over public safety and urged police to take action. The incident is under investigation and its cause remains unknown.