Dashcam footage shows the moment a police officer in Newport, Oregon , found a toddler running down the centre of the busy US Route 101.

The two-year-old is lucky to be alive (Photo: Facebook/Lincoln County Sheriff's Office)

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office recently released footage of the incident from 9 January 2016, which shows Deputy Jeremy Gautney save the two-year-old boy from traffic.

Deputy Gautney carrying the child to his patrol vehicle (Photo: Facebook/Lincoln County Sheriff's Office)

Lt. Curtis Landers said in the video that the child had been returned to his "frantic" parents, who were searching for their son after he slipped out of an open door in a "flash of a second" while they were cleaning up after a celebration.

The incident had been investigated and determined to have been an accident.