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Series 8: Episode 7
Stories of near misses when life hangs in the balance, presented by Nick Knowles. Today, an eight-year-old boy taking part in a karting race clips the wheel of a rival, sending his own kart somersaulting through the air. His dad sees it happen from the stands. Elsewhere, a man leaps into a river to save a drowning dog and ends up having to be rescued too.
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