India, March 17 -- A heartwarming yet astonishing twist of fate unfolded in southeastern China when a noodle shop owner unknowingly rewarded two travellers who had helped a car accident victim-only to later discover the injured man was his own son, according to a report by the South China Morning Post .

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On the evening of March 7, a woman and her friend were driving through Guangdong province when they came across a severe car accident.

A white sedan was stopped diagonally in the middle of the road, with its windshield pierced by a metal road divider. Concerned, the woman immediately called the police and filmed the scene.

In the footage...