Car hits lamp post and flips down street and into mum and baby who survive

This is the terrifying moment a car hits a lamp post and flips over onto mum and baby, but both escape without serious injury.

Footage shows a car skirting off the road near a zebra crossing on Warwick Road in Solihull on Saturday towards a mum pushing a pram.

The mum braces for impact before the car crashes onto the pavement where she was standing as she attempts to move her child out of the way.

Witnesses rush to help the pair, but just seconds later the mum can be seen walking away from the accident holding her baby.

A shop worker who went to help them said they believe the child broke her leg.

They said: ‘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 said the child and driver of the car suffered non-life threatening injuries and were taken to hospital.

The child’s mum was treated at the scene and discharged.

The ambulance service 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.’

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