A 1-year old girl barely escaped death after being ejected from a car during  a crash on an icy Russian highway.

According to Russian news reports the 53-year-old driver lost control of  his SUV when trying to overtake another car.

The vehicle spun around and hit the back of a truck.

The child, who was not strapped in, was thrown from the car landing face down  on the pavement.

As the girl tried to stand up in the street, the driver jumped out of the  vehicle and snatched her off the street as the big rig approached.

The entire ordeal was captured on the dashboard camera of a vehicle driving  right behind the crash.

 

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