Dramatic video of what could have been a horrific accident is making its way around the internet.
Live Leak posted a video overnight of a small child walking along a Birmingham, England street just inches away from an exploding manhole.
The street appears to errupt just as the family walks by with the young child walking behind two adults.
The explosion sends the little child scrambling.
It appears the little tike escaped the harrowing ordeal unscathed but the parents may want to think twice before letting their child walk unattended in the middle of a street again.