Caught on Camera: Bengaluru accident horror and child’s miraculous escape

The child’s parents fell off the two-wheeler after colliding with another two-vehicle while trying to overtake it.

A child escaped unhurt travelling nearly half a kilometre on a driver-less motorcycle after his parents were thrown off on busy highway near Bengaluru, video footage showed.

The footage was recorded on the dashboard camera of a motorist. (Screengrab)

According to footage of the Sunday afternoon incident, recorded on the dashboard camera of motorist Karthik Gowda and widely shared over social media, the child’s parents fell off the two-wheeler after colliding with another two-vehicle while trying to overtake it.

However the motorcycle continued travelling for at least 300 metres, missing cars and a truck on the busy road before veering right and stopping after hitting the central verge.

While the child was unhurt after he fell on the grass, passers-by rushing to his aid found his parents were injured.