Horrifying moment mechanic, 60, runs himself over with a massive TRACTOR… but somehow lives to tell the tale

THIS is the moment a mechanic cheated death after being accidentally flattened by a tractor.

Onlookers rushed to the side of Cleide Pasti, 60, fearing the worst after one of its huge wheels ran right over him over after he started up the machine.

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But the footage showed him getting to his feet after the initial shock - and he was later diagnosed with just a broken bone in his foot when he went to hospital.

The incident occurred at a car repair garage in Boa Esperanca in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil, where Cleide had been working for 30 years.

Business owner Bianca Schimitdt said: "He went to start the vehicle up to see if it was working.

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"He moved the throttle lever because he thought everything was okay but the tractor started advancing and dragging him with it.

"We don’t know what happened and whether it was a problem with the vehicle.

"He got up afterwards and was talking and walking till the ambulance came to take him to hospital."

Cleide’s son Heitor, 26, added: "I arrived at the garage and saw he seemed okay and was calm. It was a miracle he survived."

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