This is the heart-stopping moment a mother and her two-year-old daughter in a pushchair narrowly escaped serious injury after a car crashed into a lamppost and flipped onto the pavement.
The terrifying smash happened near a zebra crossing on Warwick Road in Solihull, West Midlands at around 4pm on Saturday.
Video shows the mother pushing her child in a pram when the car veers off the side of the road. The mother then braces for impact and tries to turn the pram away before the car smashes into a lamppost and flips on to its side.
As traffic comes to a standstill, others walking on the street and people in their car scramble to try and help the pair.
Video shows the mother pushing her child in a pram when the car veers off the side of the road
Out of nowhere, a car starts hurtling towards them on the pavement before it flips on its side
Seconds later, the mother can be seen miraculously walking away from the car clutching her daughter and sitting down on a chair outside a restaurant.
A shop worker, who raced to help following the crash, said the little girl did injure her leg in the accident.
‘The mum was in shock and her little girl was only aged around two,’ they said. ‘We think she had a broken leg. It was a terrible crash.’
West Midlands Ambulance Service sent two ambulances to the scene. The infant and female driver of the car suffered non-life-threatening injuries and both were taken to hospital.
The girl’s mother was treated at the scene and discharged with non-life-threatening injuries.
An ambulance service spokeswoman said: ‘We were called at 4:11pm on Saturday to a road traffic collision involving a car and two pedestrians on Warwick Road, Solihull. Two ambulances and a paramedic officer attended the scene.
As the mother braces for impact, turning away from the car, it smashes into a nearby lamppost
Miraculously, the mother and her daughter escaped form the crash without serious injuries
‘Upon arrival, we found a woman and child who were pedestrians and a woman who was the driver of the car. The driver of the car and the child were assessed and had non-life-threatening injuries.
‘The driver received treatment from ambulance staff and both were conveyed to Heartlands Hospital for further assessment. A woman who was a pedestrian was assessed and had minor injuries.
‘She received treatment from ambulance staff and did not require further treatment and was discharged at the scene.’
A police spokesperson added: ‘We attended a collision on Warwick Road, Olton, Solihull, where a car hit a lamppost at a zebra crossing. Fortunately, no one was injured, and no arrests were made.’