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Crazy moment impatient BMW causes shocking M60 crash trying to skip traffic
The red sports car smashes into another which does a 360-degree spin across three lanes
DRAMATIC dashcam footage shows an impatient BMW driver accelerating straight into an oncoming car, causing it to spin across three lanes.
The shocking video shows the reckless driver suddenly pulling out into the path of the other vehicle, causing it to do a 360 spin into the path of a van.
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Incredibly Tuesday's crash on the M60 near Manchester left just one person trapped and needing hospital treatment.
The start of the clip shows the red BMW Z4 pushing in to the line of slow moving traffic heading down a slip road off the motorway.
But the impatient driver pulls outs of crawling line traffic over a solid white line without noticing the rapidly approaching yellow Citroen DS3.
Carnage ensues in less than a second as the Citroen slams into the side of the red car, causing it to spin into the path of a white van following closely behind.
After being shunted by the van the yellow car is then spun into the line of slow moving traffic heading down the slip road.
The BMW comes to a stop further down the motorway with its hazard lights flashing.
Shortly afterwards someone can be seen getting out of the van as traffic on the road comes to a halt.
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People can bee seen from other cars are also seen helping to the stricken cars at the end of the video.
Posting the footage on social media, Patrick Mitchinson, who took the video, said: "This is the sort of carnage you can cause by driving like an absolute c**k!
"The Z4 cut in front of me to get on to the slip road, then decided it was moving too slowly.
"First off tried to say he'd been knocked out by the impact! (Never seen a car brake on its own like that or put its own hazards on either), then tried to blame the driver of the yellow car!
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"Once confronted with the video apparently suddenly became very apologetic. So glad I bought the dash cam and could prove who's fault it was.... will be getting a better cam asap."
Commenting on the video, many viewers highlighted the force of the high-speed impact.
Chris Hammond wrote: "Holy cow.... that's gotta hurt..."
Simon T Edwards said: "That's horrific, word's fail me. Hope they were all ok?"
Alexander Leavers commented: "That's crazy!!! Was everyone ok after that?? That looked awful!!!"
Highways England tweeted at 8.17am on February 14: "Multi-vehicle collision on the M60 clockwise junction 19. Traffic officers and emergency services en route. Take care on approach."
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