THIS is the dramatic moment a group of heroic strangers LIFTED a car off a seven-year-old boy who had been mow down by the out-of-control vehicle.
The remarkable footage shows around 15 people pulling the two tonne Mercedes A Class off the youngster, before hauling him to safety.
The boy was involved in a collision at around 8.40pm on Sunday on St Peterās Road in the Highfields area of Leicester.
Police and paramedics dashed to the scene and the boy was taken to Queenās Medical Centre (QMC) in nearby Nottingham.
The lad, who attends nearby Medway Community Primary School, remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition.
Eyewitness Vijay Vadgama, 23, filmed the brave rescue from his girlfriendās flat which is opposite the crash site.
He said: āI had just been dropped off at my girlfriendās house for the evening.
āWe were settling down to watch a movie, when all of a sudden there was a huge ābangā outside.
āAll I could hear was just people shouting āstop, stop, stopā at the top of their voices.
āI immediately thought the worst. I could hear people running and screams.
āI took my phone up to a bedroom window and started recording in case it was needed for evidence.
āI could see the boy trapped under the car. Clearly the boy had been hit.
āI could see the mum walking up to the traffic lights, clearly thinking that he would be there.
āShe just turned around, saw her son under the car and collapsed, almost straight away.
āI canāt imagine what she must have gone through in that moment.ā
The police arrived three minutes later but the group of passers-by had already started lifting car, Vijay said.
He added: āI couldnāt believe how quickly the community came together to rescue the boy from underneath the boy.
āThere were paramedics there, and they went over to treat the son and his mum, who got back on her feat and looked to be pretty shaken up.
āA paramedic was quickly on the scene tending to the boy. He didnāt seem to be too badly hurt, but obviously it could have been a lot worse.
āAs far as I could see the driver was helping to lift up the car, but Iām not sure what happened to him afterwards.ā
A Leicestershire Police spokesperson said: āWe received a report of an RTC (Road Traffic Collision) on St Peterās Road in Leicester involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.
āThe young boy was taken to the QMC where he is in a critical but stable condition.
āThe driver was uninjured. No offences were committed.ā