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This is the dramatic moment passers-by rushed to lift a two-tonne car off a trapped schoolboy who had been hit by a vehicle.
About 15 people heaved the Mercedes A Class off the seven-year-old before hauling him to safety.
The boy was involved in a collision at around 8.40pm on Sunday on St Peter's Road in the Highfields area of Leicester.
Police and paramedics dashed to the scene and the boy was taken to Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in nearby Nottingham.
The youngster, 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 girlfriend's flat which is opposite the crash site.
He said: 'All of a sudden there was a huge 'bang' outside. All I could hear was just people shouting 'stop, stop, stop' at the top of their voices.
'I immediately thought the worst. I could hear people running and screams.
Vijay continued: 'I could see the boy trapped under the car. Clearly the boy had been hit.
'I could see the mum walking up to the traffic lights, clearly thinking that he would be there.
'She just turned around, saw her son under the car and collapsed, almost straight away. I can't imagine what she must have gone through in that moment.
Vijay said that people then 'came from everywhere' and attempted to lift the car off the young boy.
He added: 'I couldn't believe how quickly the community came together to rescue the boy from underneath the boy.
'There 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.
'A paramedic was quickly on the scene tending to the boy. He didn't seem to be too badly hurt, but obviously it could have been a lot worse.'
A Leicestershire Police spokesman said: 'We received a report of an RTC (Road Traffic Collision) on St Peter's Road in Leicester involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.
'The young boy was taken to the QMC where he is in a critical but stable condition.
'The driver was uninjured. No offences were committed.'