This is the shocking moment a machete-wielding thug is mowed down by a car before being abandoned by his accomplices on the side of the road.
The man in his 20s sustained serious head injuries after being thrown into the air and flung 50ft along the pavement in broad daylight.
West Midlands Police is appealing for information about the incident which happened in Erdington, Birmingham, at around 1.30pm last Friday.
Footage filmed on a home CCTV camera shows a man in a black tracksuit sprinting along the road, apparently pursued by three masked men in black wielding machetes and bats.
As the first three men disappear from frame, a blue car is seen racing towards a third man who has fallen behind.
The vehicle continues to accelerate and rams into him, crushing the man against a parked car and throwing him into the air.
The force of the impact sends him skidding about 15 metres along the concrete, ripping his trousers down in the process.
His accomplices stop and turn around as the blue car speeds away – allowing the first man to escape.
They rush to help the fallen man and try dragging him into a black getaway car but are unable to move him more than a few inches.
The getaway driver then hops out and the three men make a second attempt to pull the badly injured man into the car but they give up after just a few seconds.
They get back in the vehicle and flee, leaving their partner in crime unconscious at the side of the road as a shocked bystander urgently dials 999.
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A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "A man in his 20s has been taken to hospital in a serious condition with a head injury.
“The patient was immobilised at the scene and taken to hospital via land ambulance.
"An investigation is under way and anyone with information is asked to call police on 101, quoting 1235 of 17/8/2018."
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