Like a scene out of an action Hollywood movie, a teenager plunged 17 floors from a high-rise apartment in Russia - and survived after landing on the roof of a VW Golf.

Marina Lebedeva, 19, fell from the block of flats in Moscow after a quarrel with her boyfriend, according to reports.

An eyewitness said he heard the teenager screaming as she fell around 180ft and then saw a body on the roof of the car.

'She rolled off the roof and onto the ground,' said the janitor.

He went to help and asked a delivery man to call the emergency services.

Hospital officials say she suffered multiple fractures and head injuries in the 6.30am fall from a balcony. She is in intensive care. It is still unknown if she jumped or if she was pushed.

A police source said investigations are still underway. The car is deemed a write-off and the roof was crushed by her fall, Mail reports.