Baby cheats death after buggy is crushed against wall by out-of-control car

The toddler's narrow escape was described as a "miracle" by onlookers.

It is thought a blue Rover and a green Skoda collided, causing the Rover to skid in the direction of a buggy being pushed along the pavement.

The pushchair, containing the child, was then sandwiched against a wall.

Shocking images from the scene in Darnley Street, Gravesend, Kent reveal just how lucky the youngster was to survive.

Paramedics treated two children and an adult at the scene before taking them to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.

Kent Police confirmed they were called to Darnley Road to reports of a two car collision.

Local Tory MP Adam Holloway was close to the scene of the accident at the time.

He said: "It was a miracle. If the car had come a few centimetres further the child would have died.

"I heard unhappy sounds and rushed over and a car had crashed into a buggy and it was squeezed into a wall.

"It was just at the junction and one car had just smashed into another, I guess they just didn't see the other person coming.

"The child was lifted out by a guy - the kid seemed fine but the parents were obviously upset."