A quick-thinking father rescued his son from being crushed by a driverless forklift in eastern China.

CCTV video filmed in the city of Dongying in Shandong Province on May 3 shows a boy laying on the ground playing with his brother..

However, an out of control forklift suddenly jolted across a road and crashed into the parked bicycles near the boys.

The boys' father spotted the incident and quickly dragged his son that was on the floor away from the oncoming vehicle.

Thanks to the father, the boy only had skin trauma on his heel .

According to reports, the forklift driver accidentally touched the accelerator when he was repairing the vehicle, causing the driverless vehicle to move across the road.

The boys' mother Ms Wang said they sell the bicycles for living and the two boys are both their sons.

The forklift driver compensated 30,000 yuan (£3,608) to Wang for her loss.

5月3日，山东东营，一辆铲车突然失控冲出，辗轧多辆自行车并推翻一辆三轮车，眼看要撞上躺在地上玩的孩子，旁边的父亲神反应一把拉开孩子，躲过了一劫。孩子父亲鲍先生称，司机在给铲车维修中，误触碰到了油门，铲车便无人驾驶从路对面冲出来。他当时被吓了一跳，所幸反应及时，孩子只是脚后跟受了点皮外伤。孩子妈妈王女士介绍，自己家里是卖电动车的，躺在地面毯子上完的都是自己的孩子，自己当时正在屋内处理事情，听到撞击声后才赶了出来，所幸人都没事儿。最后经过协商，铲车司机对现场造成的损失，赔偿了3万元。（视频由山东台提供）