Strangers lift car to free elderly cyclist stuck underneath it in China

 
Dramatic rescue: the cyclist is knocked off his bike (left) before being saved by passers-by
Standard Reporter3 October 2014

This is the dramatic moment a crowd of people lifted a car to rescue an elderly cyclist who was trapped under it after being knocked down.

Video footage shows the man being knocked off his bicycle and run over by the car as he attempted to cross a road in eastern China's Anhui Province on Wednesday morning.

Police and passers-by immediately crowded around the car and helped to lift the vehicle so they could pull the injured man out.

A policeman who witnessed the incident said "I saw the accident happen just two metres away from a zebra crossing. When I got to him I found that he was trapped under the car. I alerted the businessmen near by and the passing taxi drivers who took the initiative to stop. Together, we lifted the car and helped the elderly man out."

The man was taken to hospital and is in a stable condition.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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