Video: Mum & toddler cheat death as a car flips onto a pavement in Solihull

The moment a mum pulled her two-year-old daughter to safety seconds before her pram was crushed underneath a car in a heart-stopping crash has been captured on CCTV.

Shop workers revealed how they rushed to help the mother and toddler who cheated death in the shocking near-miss in Olton, Solihull. Dramatic footage shows the pair narrowly avoiding being killed by the vehicle after a woman crashed into a lamppost and flipped onto the pavement into their path.

Seconds later, the mum can be seen miraculously walking away from the car hugging her daughter and sitting down on a chair outside a nearby restaurant The horrifying smash happened as the woman pushed her tot in a buggy near a zebra crossing at around 4pm on Saturday (December 16).

Staff from nearby businesses who rushed to the mum and daughter's aid revealed how the pram became trapped under the car while the girl somehow escaped. They also told how the female driver was ejected out of the boot of the vehicle by the impact but she also suffered 'non-life-threatening injuries'.

West Midlands Police are now investigating the incident and are appealing for information. West Midlands Cycling and Walking Commissioner Adam Tranter has spoken out about the incident and said he was "concerned that the driver has not been arrested".

One employee at a local shop, who didn't want to be named, said: "One of our employees from the business helped the driver, her face was bleeding. She was confused and she had to come out of the boot. The pram ended up under the vehicle. We've never seen anything like this happen on the road. We were in the back, we didn't even see it. A customer came in and said 'did you see what happened?"'

Another worker from a nearby business, who also wished to remain anonymous, added: "I do not know how they were not killed or more seriously hurt. The girl injured her leg and the mum was traumatised as you can imagine. She must have acted on mother's instinct.

"How the pram has ended up under the vehicle without the child in it, when she was pushing her along in it, is a miracle really. They were just a split second from it being a lot worse. The driver is very lucky as well. We were told it was a disability transport vehicle. The driver was very shook up too - it could have easily been a fatal."

Cylcing and Walking Commissioner Adam Tranter said: "It is a miracle that the mother and her child escaped serious injury in this incident in Solihull. I am concerned that the driver has not been arrested and have asked the Police for more information. If we are to reduce danger on our roads we need to learn from every collision.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson 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.

"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 West Midlands Police spokesperson said: "We're investigating after a car rolled over and landed on a pavement next to a woman and a child in Solihull. We were called to the Warwick Road in Olton just after 4pm on Saturday.

"The Peugeot driver, a woman in her 40s, suffered cuts and was spoken to at the scene by officers and is assisting with our enquiries. The woman and the child were left shaken but not physically injured. Our investigation continues and we have recovered footage showing the collision. Anyone with information has been asked to get in touch quoting 2804 of 16 December."