Three-year-old boy has a miraculous escape when he plummets 35ft from a balcony and lands on a passing rickshaw

  • Parv Jain, 3, fell 35ft from a balcony in Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh state, India
  • He plummeted to the ground and onto a passing rickshaw, on October 18
  • The truck's driver and residents carried him out and took him inside to safety
  • The boy was held and rushed to hospital but later discharged without injuries

By Phoebe Eckersley For Mailonline

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Parv Jain (pictured holding phone) with his father Ashish Jain

Parv Jain (pictured holding phone) with his father Ashish Jain

A 3-year-old boy fell from a second-floor balcony and survived after landing directly on a passing rickshaw in India.

Parv Jain was playing at a great height when he lost his balance and plummeted 35 feet from the balcony in Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh state.

In the horrifying clip, a man is seen slowly pushing the passenger cart through a narrow back-street, on October 18.

Moments later, a figure comes crashing down from above and hurdles straight into the cart's basket.

The rickshaw-driver stops for a brief moment and turns to check on the toddler who has been flung into his vehicle, in the CCTV footage. He appears to be trying to talk to the boy.

A local resident was seen calmly pushing his passenger cart through a back-street in the CCTV footage
Moments later a figure comes plummeting down and lands in his cart

Parv Jain, 3, fell 35ft from a second-floor balcony and survived after landing directly on a passing rickshaw in Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh state, India, on October 18

A local businessman runs out of a building across the street to check on the boy.

And slowly more gather around, with four each lending a hand to help lift the little boy out of the rickshaw.

Parv is carried in the arms of one of the men and rushed into the nearby shop while another is standing outside waiting.

Local residents gather around the boy and help lift him from the truck and into safety. After a few seconds, a woman, who could be Parv's mother, appears clutching the boy in her arms

Local residents gather around the boy and help lift him from the truck and into safety. After a few seconds, a woman, who could be Parv's mother, appears clutching the boy in her arms

As one of the men drive the cart away as others stand and observe the drop which the boy fell from.

Then a woman, who could be Parv's mother, appears clutching the boy in her arms and a man calls her over. 

People push the man, who is carrying Parv, into the building across the street. The little boy was then taken to hospital but discharged with no injuries

People push the man, who is carrying Parv, into the building across the street. The little boy was then taken to hospital but discharged with no injuries

Two men lean over the rickshaw and check on the boy who lost his balance and was flung from a balcony. And slowly more gather around, with four each lending a hand to help lift the little boy out of the rickshaw

Two men lean over the rickshaw and check on the boy who lost his balance and was flung from a balcony. And slowly more gather around, with four each lending a hand to help lift the little boy out of the rickshaw

He waves his arm in the air as though he is trying to encourage her to hurry up and gives her a friendly push.

She then makes a hasty exit from the building and runs out of the camera's view.  

Parv was taken to hospital but later discharged with no injuries.

And the toddler's family thanked the rickshaw driver by buying him new clothes and sweets for his children.   

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