Motorcycle crash, explosion narrowly misses children on sidewalk in Texas

“I literally looked at the video and said, ‘Oh my God, I cannot believe that just happened,’” a nearby homeowner said.

TEXAS, USA — A motorcycle crash in a Texas residential neighborhood led to a fiery explosion on April 2, narrowly missing several children nearby, according to a homeowner whose security cameras captured the crash.

Robert Perez told KENS5 he returned home around 1:30 p.m. after picking up his son from school and noticed a commotion nearby. Curious to what happened, he reviewed footage from his home surveillance system and was stunned by what he saw.

“I literally looked at the video and said, ‘Oh my God, I cannot believe that just happened,’” Perez said.

The video, which has since circulated widely on social media, shows a motorcycle skidding down the street with the rider sliding behind it. The bike then strikes a curb and erupts into flames.

“I saw that he had hit the curb, and then his motorcycle flew up in a fireball,” Perez said. “Fortunately, it didn’t hit the children that were close by, but it looked like a very close call.”

Perez said a neighbor was already attempting to put out the flames with a garden hose when he arrived. The footage also shows the rider running across the street while on fire before collapsing in a nearby field.

“I also noticed that the rider was running across the street on fire,” he said.

Perez said he was later told by authorities that no children were injured and that the motorcyclist survived.

“I’m just glad, from my understanding, when I talked to the police, the children are fine, and no one besides the rider was injured,” he said. “Even the rider was able to walk away from that accident.”

Perez described the footage as “incredible” and “mind-blowing,” noting that some viewers online questioned its authenticity.

“There was a lot of people out there saying this video is AI,” Perez said. “But I can say that this was not a hoax. This was a real video that actually happened.”

Authorities have not released additional details about the crash or the condition of the rider.