This is the moment a car tumbles from the second floor of a showroom, landing upside down directly on top of a teenage receptionist.

The car was allegedly being driven by a contractor who was in charge of cleaning the cars and turned out to have no driving licence.

The incident, which was caught on CCTV, took place in a central area of the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo on Monday, 27th September.

Two receptionists aged 19 and 22 who were working at the Volkswagen dealership at the time were injured, with the former in a serious condition at the time of reporting.

It later transpired that the 29-year-old valet who was driving the car that caused the accident was not licensed to drive, according to the authorities. He was also injured in the incident.

The young man, who was working for a third-party company, was tasked with cleaning the cars at the showroom.

He had returned from a car wash and was parking on the second floor when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed it onto the reception in the mezzanine from a height of six metres (20 feet), with the car landing on its roof.

The valet was taken to hospital with a fractured leg and the two receptionists were also taken to hospitals.

The younger receptionist was so badly injured with several fractures throughout her body that she had to be transported to hospital by helicopter.

Her older colleague, on the other hand, was treated for minor injuries.

The case has been registered with the police as causing bodily injury while driving and driving unlicensed or while disqualified.

The investigation is ongoing.