'Superhero', 9, stopped three-tonne van from rolling down street with his BARE HANDS

A 'superhero' nine-year-old stopped his neighbours' new three tonne van from rolling down the street and smashing into parked cars... then got a telling off from his mum.

Ring doorbell footage shows Kameron Hunter playing football outside his home in Nelson, Lancashire, when a neighbour's Vauxhall Vivaro begins slowly rolling down the street. The schoolboy bravely runs in front of the runaway van and braces himself against the front grille.

A family friend rushes from the house to alert the owner while five-stone Kameron is dangerously pushed backward by the vehicle for 10 seconds. The brave lad miraculously manages to stop the runaway van and hold it in position 'like a superhero' so it doesn't smash into parked cars or a lamp post 15ft away.

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His mum Lyndsay Hunter was upstairs during the dramatic incident and admits she was angry at her son at first - telling him he could have been run over and killed. But after watching the footage, shot on July 21, the teaching assistant, 30, has been baffled by his 'serious strength' and proud that he considered his neighbour before himself.

Van owners Matt Sharples and Helen Reavley, both 37, who reportedly only bought it a week earlier, were so thankful that he bought the aspiring footballer a £50 gaming voucher and a superhero cape. The pair, who own Rees Windows and Doors, say they're 'so grateful' and Helen couldn't believe he'd stopped the three-tonne van as 'it would have squashed her'.

He's now known as 'the superhero' on the street and Lyndsay's TikTok video of the incident has led thousands online to praise him for 'saving the day'. Kameron admits his 'hands were shaking' and he was scared