Drivers were sent spinning and smashing into walls after a bus spilled diesel on a steep city street.

The drama unfolded in the district of Uskudar, on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey, and was captured in a video which emerged online on Saturday, 17th May.

A municipal bus lost fuel while climbing a street uphill, creating a slick of diesel that turned the road into an ice rink.

Several cars travelling after it lost control and skidded wildly on the slippery surface.

Some crashed into walls, others mounted the pavement, and at least one vehicle was seen careering into a parked lorry.

Footage captured by a bystander showed a white car losing traction, bouncing off a lorry and slamming into a wall.

Police sealed off the area and halted traffic to prevent further accidents.

Council clean-up teams arrived with pressurised water jets to clear the mess.

One driver, Omer Faruk Ceber, said he tried to warn others with frantic hand signals after spotting the fuel slick.

He said: "We tried to stop, we hit the pavement and burst our tyres.

"The vehicles couldn't stop, they hit each other.

"We were stuck there for about three hours."

Tow trucks were brought in to haul away damaged vehicles.

Authorities confirmed multiple collisions but no injuries were reported.

(MJ Leidig/newsX)