This is the shocking moment a driver tries to save his child by throwing him at a bridge after his car was knocked off the road and into water.

CCTV footage shows a white car driving across a narrow bridge in Madhya Pradesh, central India, before it collides with a red truck.

The two vehicles smash into each other and the car veers off course before ramming into a bollard.

The driver then clambers out of the window before throwing one of his children towards people who have gathered on the bridge.

Locals who’d gathered to help attempted to catch his child, but missed by inches as the child bounced off the side of the bridge and fell back into the water.

The bollard crumbles from the force of the car and the vehicle is then sent over the edge of the bridge.

It turns in the air and lands in the water with a splash.

A driver’s head pokes out the window as he struggles to get one child out. He then stands on the bonnet as he throws his child towards the bridge.

The family was rescued and sent to hospital, where they are undergoing treatment

One person jumps in and helps rescue the other trapped family members, as a second throws a long red cloth into the water to pull them out.