Baby suffers brain injury after car smashes into woman with pram at crossing

A was left with brain damage when he and his mother were sent sprawling when they were knocked down as they were crossing the road.

Shocking footage showed the pair setting off across a zebra crossing in Arkhangelsk, in northern . Before they are even halfway across however a white SUV suddenly turns on to the street and hits them both, causing the mother and her pram containing her young baby to fall heavily to the ground. As the shocked mother crawls to see how her no doubt screaming baby is, a woman can be seen getting out from the front seat and rushes over as other pedestrians walk by.

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The incident took place at around 6:50 pm on Monday, 31st March, and reportedly left the 10-month-old baby boy with a brain injury. Both the mother and her child were injured in the accident.

They were taken to hospital to be treated for craniocerebral injuries and bruises. The police are believed to be investigating.

It is unknown if the snowy conditions at the time played a part in the car being unable to stop before hitting the young mum. Last year a buslost control on icy roads when its brakes failed as passengers screamed "we're going to die." The driver shouted to distressed passengers in “Hold on, everyone” as he lurched around the , charging downhill on a slippery surface in ice and .

A passenger kept recording a video as he was thrown about the bus number 106 which smashed down a traffic light, rammed a car, and brought down a road sign, spinning off the highway in Chigiri village. “The bus brakes failed. We are hurtling [out of control],” he said. In terror he predicted: “We’re going to be ****ed….”

The driver’s voice is heard shouting: “Hold on, everyone.” Eventually the runaway bus crashed into a tree and came to a halt in the mountainous Amur region.

“I'm alive,” says the video-maker. He asks: “Driver, are you alive? The driver replies: “The brakes failed.” The passenger asks: “All right, why did they fail?”

The driver was reported to be injured, but astonishingly the passengers numbering less than ten only suffered “shock” from the helter-skelter ride on the single-decker. The brake problem is being checked by investigators amid a criminal investigation.

The State Traffic Safety Inspectorate publicly blamed the driver who they said was moving too fast for the treacherous icy conditions which contributed to the nightmare.