Incredible footage has captured the moment a woman escaped from a kidnapper - after her quick thinking actions at a petrol station in Corinto, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

CCTV from August 26 shows the victim sat in the front passenger seat, waiting for the attacker to get out of the vehicle, before fleeing and running over to a police car that was on patrol close by.

The man, identified as Reinaldo Azevedo Filho, was arrested.

Click to watch the heart-stopping video in full.