Woman injured by flying buzzsaw blade

A woman has been cut by an out-of-control buzzsaw while walking past a construction crew.

The horror movie-like scene played out in New York City on Tuesday as a crew of workers were tearing up the road to fix a water main.

As a woman walked past the tradies at work the metre-long buzzsaw somehow flew into the air and headed straight for her.

Bystander Matthew Bisi was on hand to witness the blade come "shooting down the sidewalk".

"I was on the right side of the sidewalk, suddenly everyone started yelling 'Get down! Move!'" he said.

"It was just like crazy chaos. People screaming, all the construction workers.

"I just turned, kinda ducked, put my head down."

"Thing came flying right by my head, missed me by that much. You could hear it coming and it went right by me."

The woman was knocked down by the blade and was taken to a local hospital with a gash to her leg.

Source: NBC New York

Author: Martin Zavan, Approving editor: Simon Black