Quick-acting pedestrians rescued a woman from underneath a car after a driver ran her over in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

CCTV showed the woman riding a bicycle at a road intersection in the city of Yuxi when she was hit by a car which ran over her. The driver in his panic pressed the accelerator instead of the brake, according to reports. 

The pedestrians lifted the car and the woman was taken to hospital. Her injuries are not life-threatening.  

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