This footage shows a car being pulled out of the way of a high-speed train a split second before it was going to hit it.<br />The car, pulled to safety with a tow rope, even knocks its owner over as it goes.<br />The incident took place in Stara Wies, in Bielsko County, in the Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on 17th February.<br />The breathtaking video shows the female motorist driving her silver Volkswagen Polo across the tracks when it suddenly stalls.<br /><br />She tries to start it again but her efforts are to no avail.<br /><br />Then a man tries to help her before another motorist in a jeep begins to tie a tow rope to the car.<br />It is pulled out of the way seconds before the high-speed train whizzes past, avoiding a disaster.
