A man and a girl narrowly escaped serious injury after a glass window fell from a residential building in southern China.

The terrifying moment, captured in the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong Province on March 23, shows a man and a girl taking a walk in a residential community.

The man suddenly looked up and then picked up the girl and ran away, before a glass window crashed onto the ground from the 16th floor of a building.

Thanks to the man's quick reactions, neither the girl nor himself were injured.

According to reports, since the window was old and rusty, it fell off when being pushed to open.

The property management had issued a notice to ask every resident to check their windows and they will send people to do a checkup after the coronavirus pandemic.

The video was provided by local media with permission.