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Dramatic moment family cheat death after aquaplaning out of control on motorway with kids in back
Lightening fast reactions from two drivers helped avoid a potentially horrific smash on the M61 in Lancashire
A FAMILY dramatically cheated death after aquaplaning into the path of 70mph traffic on the motorway.
Sadiq Rahman, 21, from Blackpool, Lancs, was driving his BMW 5-Series E60 towards Salford on the M61 motorway at 7.15pm on April 28 when he terrifyingly lost control in unseasonably wet and wintry conditions.
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The human resources student dramatically span out at 70mph as rain and sleet thundered down on the tarmac, sending the vehicle from the middle lane of the motorway into the path of an Audi S3.
But lighting fast reactions from Sadiq and quick thinking by the Audi driver meant the spinning BMW carrying Sadiq, wife Aysha Uddin, 19, mother Rateka Begum, 47, and younger sister Ayesha, 13, avoided smashing into the other German motor.
The incredible footage has notched up more than 40,000 views online but Sadiq insists that he kept a cool head as he miraculously regained control of his Beamer.
He said: "I had just passed two vans which were creating a lot of spray and then as I had just passed a Black Audi in the first lane, the car became incredibly light and within a split second I was going sideways."
"It was raining quite heavily and it had been hail-stoning in the area. As the car was spinning out of control, I was able to look and see that the Audi behind me had stopped.
"I managed to keep calm but everyone in the car was screaming, except my wife who said she did not want to seem panicked because she knew that it would make me panic.
"Afterwards, she told me that she knew that I would pull it back."
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Sadiq, who has been driving for three years, attributed his incredible car control to years of honing his skills on racing video games.
Aquaplaning occurs after enough surface water accumulates on the road that the tyres lose contact and the position of the car is dictated by the direction that the water is flowing instead of steering input.
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Sadiq said: "I've never crashed before and after driving for three years and playing racing games in the past, Instinctively I knew to steer into the skid.
"I was not speeding and I have decent tyres on the car so I was able to pull it around and then I looked behind me and there was just a queue of cars waiting for me to carry on.
"Since the video has been posted, people have been incredibly complimentary but I just did what I had to do."