TWO truck drivers in the UK are being hailed heroes after chasing away masked bikers who tried to rob a mother and her child.

English TV presenter Amanda Holden shared the frightening footage in a bid to help identify the “scumbags”.

In the CCTV footage filmed in broad daylight, four people dressed in black riding a scooter and a motorbike pull over near a busy road before exchanging a few words.

The two vehicles then drive off and two riders are left who look up and down the street before advancing on a mother and child crossing the street.

The mother appears to immediately spot the danger in the situation and picks up her child and traverses the busy road where a work truck pulls up and stops in front of her.

One man gets out of the truck and arms himself with what looks like a metal pole before a number of tradesmen chase the would-be thieves down the road and out of shot.

“So this I know is happening everywhere but this was Sandpits Road Tw10 -21st June 12.35 broad daylight. Mother and child attached. And some #Heroes in a lorry chased them off. Call 101 or 999 if u know these scumbags,” Holden wrote with the Twitter post, which has since been shared 3,800 times.

Other users also praised the drivers for their heroics and quick-thinking.

A nearby school has since reassured concerned parents that police, who are still investigating, have confirmed the incident was an attempted robbery and not a child abduction.