Boy, 5, miraculously survives shocking hit by car at street crossing

CCTV footage has captured the shocking moment a car crashes into a group of young relatives, including a five-year-old boy, on their way home from buying ice cream.

Jackie Velasquez, 20, and her younger cousins were trying to cross the road in Oakland last week when the incident occurred, ABC7 News has reported.

"I thought I was gone," said Velasquez.

"I couldn't really move because I saw my ankle was open. It was bleeding."

Velasquez, who is in her third year of university, also sustained fractured ribs and damaged internal organs that included a closed heart valve which needed surgery.

Her cousin, 18-year-old Carla Mendoza was found two feet away from the car with a broken ankle, torn knee ligaments and fractures to her right hip, which will require multiple surgeries to repair, the family's GoFundMe page says.

Mendoza's five-year-old brother Jonathan was pinned under the car and is being treated in the ICU at Children's Hospital, Mendoza told ABC7 News.

The GoFundMe page said the little boy was "dragged and found under the car where he sustained fractured pelvis and spine".

"He will now need to stay in the hospital to have daily physical therapy to gain feeling in his legs," the GoFundMe page says.

The fundraising page said the family members now all have nightmares about that night.

"As they made sure to look both ways before crossing the cross walk, they trusted a car would give them the right away," the page, written by Ms Mendoza's sister Wuendy Calmo.

"The last thing they all remember was the headlights only inches from their faces."

The family was walking home after going to the park and getting ice cream. Both Velasquez and Mendoza say they feel responsible for being there.

"I could've walked home instead. I could have just waited or something," said Mendoza. "The guilt is just... it's hard."

Crash witness Nolan Legaspi said he was "extremely surprised" when he heard they had survived.

He said he has been praying for the family "ever since that night".

He says the faded and poorly lit crosswalk is "extremely dangerous".

Ms Velasquez said she felt lucky to be alive.

"Death was so close, but it's not your time yet," she said. "Just keep living. You still have a long way to go."

The driver stayed on the scene and it is unclear if he is facing any charges.