- A Vietnamese schoolboy has narrowly escaped being run over by a large truck
- The child fell off his bike into the path of the oncoming vehicle while riding home
- He was able to wriggle away quickly while the quick-thinking driver also swerved
- A witness rushed to help the boy and passers-by stopped to help him
Nerve-wracking footage has captured the moment that a boy narrowly avoided being run over by a huge truck while cycling home from school.
The two boys were riding next to the kerb in Hanoi, Vietnam, when one of them lost his balance and fell onto the road and into the path of an oncoming truck.
Just as the wheel of the truck is about to roll onto his head, the boy manages to wriggle towards the footpath and the huge vehicle instead runs over his backpack.
The huge truck misses the hitting the fallen boy (top right with red backpack) by mere inches
The two boys were cycling along the a road next to the kerb in Ha Noi, Vietnam after school
The boy with the red backpack overbalances (left) before falling under the truck’s wheel (right)
The truck driver also reacted quickly, swerving away from the fallen child just as disaster seemed inevitable.
A female witness also reflexively jumped to the rescue, rushing to the boy and pulling him and his friend to safety.
At least four other kind-hearted members of the public stopped at the scene, collecting the boy’s bike from where it had fallen on the road.
Passersby stopped to help the boy up and to pick up his bike from the road and return it to him