Watch as driver narrowly misses man and child lying in road after they are thrown from car in heart-stopping crash

THIS is the terrifying moment a driver narrowly misses a man and child lying in the road after they are thrown from a car in a heart-stopping crash.

Dashcam footage of the horror four-car smash has emerged online, revealing the hair-raising near miss.

In the clip a fast-thinking driver can be seen swerving - while going 50MPH - to miss a man in the middle of the road, before grinding to a halt just yards from a child.

The video starts off with the car cruising along an on ramp behind a ute and trailer.

Then, suddenly, the ute's brake lights flash on, and it can be seen swerving to the left to avoid what's ahead.

Within a second the ute smashes into a Honda Civic, which appears to have been sitting in the middle of the road having just collided with another vehicle.

Car parts are scattered across the tarmac, and the driver whose recording the crash quickly steers to the right - and then the right again - swiftly missing a man whose just been thrown from the Honda.

The man can be seen tumbling along the road before throwing his hands up as the car hurdles towards him - then just past him.

And, as if the near miss wasn't enough of a close call, the suspense continues building.

The lucky man rushes back to his Honda, frantically searching the back seat for something - or someone.

It is then that you see, lying just yards in front of where the dashcam car has stopped, something moving on the grass on the roadside - a child.

The child slowly stands up and the man spots him, racing over to hold the youngster in his arms.

He starts yelling, and tries to lift the child, before they both rest on the ground.

The video, which was captured in Texas, was posted to Reddit with the caption "be sure to wear your seatbelts please".