An electric three-wheeler smashed into a house after a boy accidentally launched it in central China.

Video filmed in the city of Jingzhou in Hubei Province on October 18 shows a three-wheeler suddenly jolting forward after a boy climbed onto it.

The vehicle then smashed into a nearby house.

According to the boy's mother Ms Zhao, the boy's grandmother forgot to take the key out of the three-wheeler. The boy then accidentally launched the vehicle when holding the handlebar to climb onto it.

There was an elderly woman in the house when the three-wheeler smashed into it. The house door helped stop the vehicle and the elderly woman also held it.

The boy was not injured and the elderly woman only had scratches on her palm.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

10月18日17时许，湖北荆州，一男孩登上三轮车，准备和奶奶一起坐车离开时，误拧了油门，导致三轮启动撞开大门冲进邻居家，身旁的奶奶一时吓得不知所措，赶忙去追赶。
男孩母亲赵女士介绍，奶奶的三轮车钥匙忘记拔了，孩子上去后随手扶了一下把手，启动了油门导致三轮就冲了出去，刚好撞进了邻居家。邻居家当时有个老奶奶在家，电瓶车冲进去时被门拦了一下，老奶奶赶紧把车子扶住了，导致老人家手掌被擦伤，所幸没有大碍。自己的儿子也没有受伤，有惊无险。