VIDEO FOOTAGE HAS emerged of a toddler falling out of a van on a busy road in China.

A dashcam captured the moment a two-year-old boy fell out of the vehicle near Wujiang in the Jiangsu province.

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Witnesses rushed to help the child and brought him to safety.

Chinese media has identified the driver as the child’s grandfather.

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CNN reports that Wujiang Daily, a government-owned local newspaper, said the child had been sitting in the passenger seat, but crawled back in the van as his grandfather drove and accidentally hit a broken lock which opened the boot.

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Video shows toddler falling out of van onto busy road

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