Moment car flips and hits child with mum in crash seconds from disaster
This is the jaw-dropping moment a mum and her child miraculously escape serious injury after a car crashed and flipped into their path. The astonishing collision happened near a zebra crossing in Olton[1], Solihull[2].
Shocking footage shows a car veering off Warwick Road before it strikes a lamppost. The vehicle then turns on its side as a mum and her child – believed to be a two-year-old girl – are on the pavement.
The quick-thinking pedestrian is able to turn the pushchair away as the car reaches them outside a parade of shops, just after 4pm, on Saturday, December 16. Seconds later the mum is seen clutching her daughter and sitting down on a chair outside a restaurant.
A shop worker, who raced to help following the collision, told BirminghamLive: “The mum was in shock and her little girl was only aged around two. We think she had a broken leg. It was a terrible crash.”
West Midlands Ambulance Service[4] 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 mum was treated at the scene and discharged.
A car crashed into a lampost on Warwick Road, Olton (Image: BirminghamLive)
An ambulance service spokeswoman told BirminghamLive: “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.
“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[5], where a car hit a lamppost at a zebra crossing. Fortunately, no one was injured, and no arrests were made.”
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References
- ^ Olton (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Solihull (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
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- ^ West Midlands Ambulance Service (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
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