Toddler's amazing escape: Youngster caught on camera crawling on to busy motorway

A relieved mother is counting her lucky stars today, after her young son had an amazing escape.

The curious toddler crawled out onto a busy highway in Turkey after waking up from a nap in a nearby park.

Video footage of the incident shows the child crawling at full speed into the busy road in Antalya, Southern Turkey, while traffic thunders past.

Close shave: A lorry passes just feet away from the boy who takes a moment to rest in the busy road

Eventually a truck driver can be seen gesturing to other motorists to stop.

Moments later the distressed mother arrives at the roadside and whisks the toddler out of danger.

The pair had been taking a daytime nap under trees close by when the toddler woke and crawled off, the mother said.

The toddler escaped unscathed from the incident, which was captured by security cameras.

Turkish police later questioned the mother but she was released without charge.

Horrifying: The toddler eases himself down into the highway as a van whizzes by at top speed