A shocking incident unfolded at a bustling intersection in Fullerton, California, where a mother faces serious child abuse charges after a video captured her 19-month-old child tumbling from a moving SUV. The video quickly went viral, prompting police to take swift action, as they announced on Monday.

The Fullerton Police Department reported that the unsettling footage shows a black SUV making a turn at the intersection when the passenger-side door unexpectedly swings open. In a heart-stopping moment, a small child falls from the vehicle onto the road.

The SUV promptly halts, and a nearby vehicle narrowly avoids what could have been a devastating collision, stopping just in time to avert tragedy.

In the video’s aftermath, an adult woman is seen rushing from the driver’s side to retrieve the child. She swiftly picks up the toddler and secures them back inside the SUV before leaving the scene.

A black SUV turns at an intersection when a passenger-side door suddenly opens and a small child falls out of the vehicle and onto the roadway. (Fullerton Police Department)

A witness called police on Saturday and provided identifying information about the vehicle. Officers traced the SUV to a home in La Habra, where they located the vehicle, the child and a suspect believed to be the woman seen in the video.

A car following the SUV narrowly avoided hitting the child and SUV. (Fullerton Police Department)

Police identified the child as a 19-month-old who suffered injuries consistent with the fall. The toddler was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.

The suspect was identified as Jacqueline Hernandez, 35, of La Habra, and the child’s mother. She was arrested and booked into the Fullerton City Jail for felony child abuse, police said.

The child’s mother, identified as Jacqueline Hernandez, 35, of La Habra, picks the child up from the road. Hernandez was later arrested and charged with felony child abuse, police said. (Fullerton Police Department)

Neighbors told FOX11 Los Angeles that the family has several children and could not believe the mother would put her children in such a dangerous situation.

“I can’t excuse something like that, I’m sorry,” a neighbor who wished to remain anonymous told the local station.

Investigators believe the incident occurred between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Jan. 20. Police said they did not receive any emergency calls related to the incident at the time.

The investigation remains ongoing, and police are asking anyone with additional information to contact the Fullerton Police Department’s Sensitive Crimes Unit.