Cold start: Motorist finds his car encased in ice after leaving it parked under a snow-covered bridge overnight Now this is what you call a cold front. Baffled motorist Chen Lin left his car parked under a bridge in brilliant sunshine and came back the next morning to find the front of it encased in ice. 'It had been cold but sunny when I'd left it there. There was snow on the ground but it was melting,' explained Chen, from Changchun, Jilin province, northern China. Ice driving: Motorist Chen returned to his car to find it encased in ice 'But when I went back the next morning I couldn't believe my eyes. The front of the car was like an ice cube while the back was completely normal,' he added. Weather experts say a sudden thaw caused ice on the bridge above the car to melt, covering just the front of the car in water. Then a sudden cold snap in the night turned froze the melted water again, encasing Chen's car in ice. I felt a bit of a fool. It looked more like an ice sculpture than a car,' he said. Unlucky Chen had left his car parked under a bridge but melting snow caused water to pour over it and when the temperature took a dip it froze solid