OUT OF CONTROL
Watch as van swerves in front of massive truck before flipping onto its roof – everyone’s saying the same thing
A VAN swerved in front of a truck and flipped onto its roof just before getting on a motorway, footage shows.
The back of the vehicle clipped the front corner of the juggernaut, which pushed it sideways and made it roll over into a lamppost.
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The van had been driving in the right-hand lane on a roundabout when it suddenly tried to cut in front of the lorry to get onto the M61 slip road near Bolton, Greater Manchester.
But the lorry was in the left-hand lane and driving straight past the slip-road to stay on the roundabout, the footage shared online this month showed.
Only minor injuries are understood to have been reported after the crash in May.
The HGV driver stopped after the crash, as did another van behind it which had the same company branding as the one that flipped.
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One person commented on social media: "That has to be the worst manoeuvre ever."
A third wrote: "I don’t how he thought he was going to make that."
A fourth said: "How on earth did he think he could make that with a lorry there?"
And another insisted it was “totally the vans fault”.
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One person had no sympathy for the driver, writing: “Play stupid games,win stupid prizes!!!”
But some suggested the driver may have thought the lorry was turning onto the slip road.
Earlier this month, motorists all had the same criticism of a baffling stretch of road.
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The 230-yard stretch was excluded from a Clean Air Zone in Bristol due to a confusing diversion system.
But drivers could still get a £120 fine on it depending on which way they are going and where they turn off.
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