This is the terrifying moment a schoolboy aged 12 is knocked to the ground by a car just seconds before another car allegedly misses him by inches. 

Footage shows the boy crossing the road on Cambridge Street, Hillfields, in Coventry when a red car swerves around the corner and knocks him to the ground. The car doesn’t seem to stop and speeds off.

A second car follows suit and crashes into a parked black vehicle next to the boy, allegedly only missing him ‘by inches’. The white car then also speeds off.

Paramedics were later called to the scene and examined the 12-year-old, but said he was lucky to have ‘escaped serious injury’, according to his father.

He told CoventryLive: ‘He was crossing the road, and the car turned into him – he was hit by the red car which knocked him to the floor. 

Footage shows the boy crossing the road on Cambridge Street, Hillfields, in Coventry when a red car swerves around the corner and knocks him to the ground. The car doesn’t seem to stop and speeds off

A second car follows suit and crashes into a parked black vehicle next to the boy, allegedly only missing him ‘by inches’

‘He was literally half on and half off the pavement and the second car hit a black car and missed him by inches.’

The father said he noticed that his son ‘was limping’ within the next few days and took him to the GP for leg pain. He was advised to take his son to the hospital for further checks. 

There the boy was diagnosed with a fractured ankle and has been wearing a boot since the accident on August 30.

His father said the school boy was ‘still complaining of the pain he’s got’ and that the collision left him ‘scared and traumatised’. 

‘He has not left the house since that day on his own and he is quite scared. He does not want to cross roads, so there is a bit of trauma involved,’ the man said about his son.

The boy (pictured) was diagnosed with a fractured ankle and has been wearing a boot since the accident on August 30. His father said the school boy was ‘still complaining of the pain he’s got’ and that the collision left him ‘scared and traumatised’

He added: ‘It is going to take time for him to get over it.’

Police are investigating the collision, but haven’t made any arrests yet, according to the Coventry Telegraph. 

West Midlands Police told MailOnline: ‘We were called to Cambridge Street, Coventry, shortly before 11.45am on August 30 after a 12-year-old boy received a leg injury after being struck by a car. 

‘We are making enquiries and witnesses or anyone with any information should contact us via Live Chat or by calling 101 quoting log number 1548-300823.’

West Midlands Ambulance Service have also been contacted for comment.