A 24-year-old woman saved her son from being run over on Tuesday afternoon (10) in the Badenfurt district of Blumenau. The fact was recorded on the BR-470, at the Pomerode junction.

In quick action, a mother saves a child from a runaway car in a BR-470 – Photo: Arquivo/Bruno Golembewski/ND

According to eyewitnesses, a car parked in the gas station yard lost control after the car’s brakes failed, and as a result, the woman pressed herself against the wall of the establishment. The woman left the child, who was with her mother, so as not to get hit by a car.

A military fire brigade was called to the scene and found the victim with leg injuries. The woman was saved by people passing by and a fireman.

The child, a boy of about two years old, had minor abrasions. Both were taken to the Santo António hospital for a medical examination.