This was the terrifying moment a car sped down a street in Sangareddy, Telangana, narrowly missing a group of playing kids.

Footage from August 6 shows the car smashing into a wall before heading towards a crowd of children playing in the middle of the road.

The alert kids noticed the oncoming car and quickly ran out of harm's way.

Local police reported that the driver had lost control, hit a wall and sped towards the kids. No injuries were reported.

A group of playing children had a miraculous escape when a car driver lost control and drove into them. One of the girls, who was playing, saw the car coming in on them and shouted in terror which alerted other children and all of them fled to safety. The incident occurred  at Sai Nagar Colony in Sangareddy district in the state of Telangana. A case has been registered at Ramachandrapuram Police Station. Police who said the car driver had purchased a new car over which she lost control and crashed into a wall and then missed the children. Police said no one was injured in the incident which left a bike smashed.