A shocking video has emerged from China of an elderly woman getting run over, leaving one of her feet caught under the car's wheel, prompting a rescue by passersby.

The CCTV footage, filmed in Wuhan, Hebei Province on October 13, shows the moment the car clips the woman and pulls her foot under the front-right wheel.

After a short, period of time a group of passersby come to her aid and lift the car off her.

Fortunately, her injuries were not too severe.