'Nothing Short of a Miracle': Boy Thrown From Crash Lands on Ga. Police Cruiser Hood

Dashboard camera footage captured an incident that a Georgia police department is calling "nothing short of a miracle" after a boy thrown from a vehicle collision landed on the hood of a cruiser last month.

The Gwinnett County Police Department released dashcam video of the dramatic scene in a social media post last week. The footage shows the collision between two vehicles at an intersection in Lawrenceville on May 23.

The impact of the crash ejected a boy from one of the vehicles, landing on the hood of a police cruiser. In the dashcam footage, the child can be seen on the driver's side edge of the vehicle's hood before falling off.

"In this crash, a child was ejected from the vehicle and, amazingly, walked away with only a few minor scratches," the department stated.

The boy had not been wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, USA Today reports. Another child in the vehicle was not wearing a seat belt, as well.

"We understand that no one enjoys being pulled over, but this is a perfect example of why officers do what we do," the department stated. "Seat belts and child safety seats are incredibly important, especially for our youngest passengers."

Both drivers in the collision were cited by police, according to USA Today. One driver was found liable for the crash, while the other was cited for not have the two children wearing seat belts.