A reckless driver sped over a zebra crossing and only just missed a pram carrying a six-month-old baby.
Kelly Pegg was crossing the street with her child and a friend when the black car darted straight through the crossing instead of slowing down.
The vehicle clipped the pram and left one of its wheels spinning and the mother, 33, terrified that her baby may have been hurt.
Police released CCTV of the car fleeing the scene in a bid to track down the dangerous driver.
Kelly said: ‘I was in total shock and disbelief – I couldn’t get it out of my head thinking what the outcome would have been if we were a couple of steps ahead.
‘The people around us were just as shocked. I was so worried that my baby had been hurt but thankfully we were all okay.
‘I would just never expect a car to hit me on a pedestrian crossing when they are meant to be safe for us to use.’
Northumbria Police also want the video to act as a warning to people to pay attention to traffic when they are walking.
Kelly said last month’s close-call on Cullercoats seafront, Tyne and Wear, scared her so much she has not been out with her baby since it happened and plans to ‘avoid the area after that awful experience’.
She added: ‘It’s a real shame as it is one of our favourite stretches by the sea to visit.’
Police Constable David Bew said: ‘This was a horrific ordeal for the two women to have endured.
‘They were almost two thirds of the way over the pedestrian crossing when the car appeared and clipped the pram and nearly hit them.
‘This would have been a lot worse if it had occurred a few seconds later.
‘We will not tolerate dangerous or careless driving on our roads and anyone found to be driving like this will be dealt with robustly.
‘We are asking anyone who was in the area at the time to check any pictures or videos, or dashcam footage as they might have unknowingly captured the car.’
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