A boy (5) and his grandmother have escaped serious injury after they were run over by a car in Brazil.

Vilma Teodoro do Nascimento and her grandson, Joao Pedro, were caught in the path of a white Volkswagen after it was smashed into by an out-of-control Chevrolet at a crossroads in a town in Goias.

It happened in Goias in central Brazil

Teodoro said "I saw them, those two (cars) hit each other over there, I tried to get out of the way but there wasn't the time. When that white car ran over my back I didn't see anything else".

Joao Pedro put his survival down to devine intervention.

"I was hurt here, here...and on the ear" the boy said, adding "It was a miracle from God".

*Some may find elements of this video distressing*