This is why you should look before crossing the road
The boy did not look before running across (Picture: Tor Bjørn Kyrkjebø) A quick-thinking driver was..
A quick-thinking driver was caught on camera narrowly missing a young boy after he sprinted out into the road.
The incident, which was recorded on a passing truck’s dashcam, took place in Høyanger, Norway, earlier this year.
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In the clip, the child gets off of a bus with a number of classmates.
He then bolts across the road as the bus leaves – leaving him in the tracks of an oncoming lorry.
Truck driver Tor Bjørn Kyrkjebø, who recorded the incident, is heard sounding his horn as the child runs.
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A little girl, who had followed the boy into the road, is seen freezing in fear as the lorry narrowly misses her classmate.
Speaking to NRK, Kyrkjebø said: ‘I saw what was about to happen, but there was little I could do.
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‘I saw over the roof of the bus the truck was heading at it at a great speed.
‘I blinked my lights and horn to alert the traffic and young people.’
He added that he had released the video as a warning for other children.
