Brush with death: Moment cleaner is almost mown down as she sweeps supermarket car park after elderly driver loses control while reversing

• 76-year-old woman driver seems to mix up the brake and accelerator pedals  
• Cleaning lady manages to jump out of the way at the last minute but still falls  
• Driver crashes into cleaning trolley which then rams into her and knocks her

Terrifying footage has captured the moment a cleaner was almost mown down by a car as it hurtled backwards after its elderly driver lost control.  

The driver, a 76-year-old woman, apparently mixed up the brake and accelerator pedals in a supermarket car park in Tupa, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 30. 

Footage shows the cleaning woman sweeping the ground with a broom before she looks up and sees the car reversing at speed towards her. 

She manages to leap out of the way just in time to avoid being hit by the silver Chevrolet. 

But the silver Chevrolet is then seen smashing into the trolley containing the woman's cleaning equipment, and the trolley, in turn, is rammed into the back of the woman's legs. 

The impact causes the cleaner to skid on her feet for a split second before she trips up and lands on the pavement just outside the supermarket entrance and almost rolls over backwards.

According to the Military Police, the driver of the vehicle was a 76-year-old woman, who told officers she lost control of the car while manoeuvring it out of the car park.

Neither she nor the cleaning lady were named by local media.

The car received some damage in the incident and a metal barrier in the car park was bent out of shape, but luckily no one was injured.

It was not reported if the elderly driver was charged or cautioned or whether she will be allowed to keep her driving licence.