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Calling him lucky doesn’t do it justice. A five-year-old survived with only scratches after a driver jumped the curb, landing his car on top of him at a west Edmonton park Saturday.

Smith Lee Alphons was watching his father play cricket at about 12:20 p.m. Saturday in Coronation Park, 135 Street and 114 Avenue.

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He lay down on the pile of cricket equipment when a car driven by 81-year-old Paul Warren jumped a curb and landed on top of Smith with the engine revving.

The driver has been charged under the Alberta Traffic Safety Act.

“It was a miracle, I would say,” said Tinto John, one of the Edmonton Eagles cricket team members who raced over to lift the car up. The engine was still racing on top of him, but the cricket bats and gear was caught up in the wheels, stopping it from moving further.

Smith Lee was lying under the centre of the car, between the wheels, said Atinder Sidhu, who grabbed the child’s arm and pulled him out. “It could have been so much worse.”