Shocking YouTube video captured lorry accident
The driver of a lorry who was caught on camera driving along a motorway with a car pinned to the front of his vehicle’s cab was today told he could keep his driving licence. The driver, who appeared for a hearing before the North West Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell was told he would be able to keep on driving large goods vehicles because he could not see, hear or smell the car that was trapped on the front of his lorry.
In fact, the lorry driver was praised for his actions in slowing down and pulling over to the hard shoulder, after other motorists had alerted him by flashing their hazard lights. In giving her verdict, the Traffic Commissioner said that he (the driver) had displayed coolness and a clear head when he realised the driver of the car was trapped. His actions in reversing on the hard shoulder to allow the car’s driver to get free were described as being “of huge credit (to him)”.
Some of the incident, which took place in January this year, was captured in a youtube video that went on to received hundreds of thousands of views after being featured on local and national news.
Lorry accident compensation claims
Both the driver of the lorry and the woman whose car was trapped emerged without any injuries, although for many thousands of people involved in accidents with lorrys or large goods vehicles, this isn’t the case. Either as a driver or passenger in a vehicle that has been hit by a lorry, or as a lorry driver, dozens of people are injured in road accidents every day across England and Wales. The consequences of being involved in an accident with a lorry or large goods vehicle can be very serious indeed, both in terms of the injuries you are likely to suffer and the damage that can be done to your car when it is hit by a large goods vehicle.
At Camps Solicitors we have dealt with hundreds of accident claims for people who have either been injured whilst driving a lorry or large goods vehicle, or who have been in an accident caused by a lorry or large goods vehicle. Our legal teams have one of the best success rates in the country when it comes to recovering compensation for people who have been injured through no fault of their own. If you, or a friend or family member has been involved in an accident involving a lorry or large goods vehicle, either as the driver of that vehicle or as a driver or passenger of another vehicle, then Camps can help you to make an injury compensation claim.
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