A puppy was run over on a busy road near Doddaballapura in South India, but thankfully, his mother was there to bring him to safety.

In the video filmed on December 23, the mother dog can be seen dragging the hurt puppy away from the traffic so that she could tend to him.

According to local media, the puppy was hit by a bike and lost consciousness. If he hadn't been saved by the mother dog, he would have been run over.

Eyewitnesses said one of the puppy's legs was injured, but that he regained consciousness after.

A mother dog dragged her pup, who was hit by a bike, to safety.

The mother and pup were trying to cross a busy road near Doddaballapura in South India on December 23.

The pup, which was following the mother, froze on seeing a bike as he was not used to traffic.

Hit by the bike, the pup lost conscious on the middle of the road, and ran the definite risk getting run over by passing vehicles.

But the mother dragged the pup to the side of road and made sure he was safe.

Eyewitnesses said the pup was injured in a leg, but regained conscious after a while and went away with the mother.