Eerie footage shows driverless pedicab moving on its own to ram into a passing car as witnesses blame 'malevolent ghost'

  • A driverless pedicab drove onto a road in China and hit a passing white car
  • Footage showed the vehicle steered towards the car and veered to the kerb
  • An onlooker ran to bring the pedicab to a halt and no injuries were reported

An unmanned pedicab was caught on camera hitting a car as its engine appeared to turn on by itself a road in China.

Surveillance camera footage captured the eerie scenes when the driverless vehicle veering into a passing car on its own.

The incident was likely to be caused by slipped brakes, however web users claimed that malicious spirits had possessed the motorised vehicle as an act of revenge for the car's driver.

A parked pedicab suddenly starts moving when a white car drives past on a road in China

A parked pedicab suddenly starts moving when a white car drives past on a road in China

It steers towards the white car and hits on the back door on the right as footage shows

It steers towards the white car and hits on the back door on the right as footage shows

The footage, posted on Youku, a Chinese video-sharing platform, suggested the incident happened at a Chinese city on March 16.

As the white car drives past, a motorbike with a small trailer attached at the back suddenly pulls away and rams into it, steering left as if to crash into the right of the car.

The driver stopped the car immediately. A woman can be seen carrying a child while stepping out from the front passenger's seat. 

A helpful onlooker brings the vehicle to a halt as the clip ends.

There were no injuries reported in the incident.  

The motorised pedicab turns right towards a kerb after hitting the white car
It did a U-turn and headed back towards the car

Pictured: The motorised pedicab turns right to a kerb and heads to the left for a U-turn after hitting the white car

An onlooker, circled, can be seen running from far to stop the driverless vehicle

An onlooker, circled, can be seen running from far to stop the driverless vehicle

A driver, a female passenger and a young child remained unharmed after the incident

A driver, a female passenger and a young child remained unharmed after the incident

Although the pedicab's brakes might have slipped while parking on the roadside, some web users suggested a poltergeist had taken control of the unmanned vehicle.

'Fashion-family-wb' commented: 'I would call this paranormal activity.'

'Are the ghosts getting revenge to this family?' asked ''duozaimengli shuilanjiao'.

One web user, 'nihao mirror', chipped in: 'A hit-and-run!'