Boy nearly run over by carjackers.

A LIVERPOOL schoolboy was nearly run over by a gang who stole a sports car at gunpoint.

The four men attacked the driver of the Audi RS4 and hit him with a wheelbrace so they could steal his car on Monday.

The gang dragged a passenger from the silver Quattro convertible at gunpoint and hit him over the head with the butt.

The victims were getting into the car in Bridgewater Street, off Jamaica Street, at 4.50pm when a Japanese saloon sped into the small car park, blocking their path.

The driver was knocked to the floor, the gang grabbed the keys and then sped off in both vehicles.

Both were seen speeding up Upper Parliament Street in rush-hour traffic and were spotted again soon after on Aigburth Road and Queens Drive.

With traffic at a standstill on Queens Drive, heading from Mossley Hill toward Allerton Road, the gang drove over a grass verge and on to the pavement near the junction with Dovedale Road.

The Audi drove down the pavement followed closely by the second car.

The attackers were white, thought to be in their 20s, spoke with local accents and all wore dark clothing, balaclavas and hoods.