Driver 'lucky to be alive' after two lorries crash on M1 in Derbyshire

Police say one driver is lucky to be alive after two lorries crashed on the M1 in Derbyshire.

By Tim Paget

Published 1st Dec 2021, 08:26 BST

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Officers said the incident, between junctions 29A and 30, happened when one lorry ploughed into the back of another one.

Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit tweeted yesterday: “Lorry one has blowout and slows in lane one. Lorry two fails to see this and drives into the back of it.

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"Check the damage - the driver is incredibly lucky to escape death. Small cut to head and hopefully buying a lottery ticket.”

Derbyshire Police Chesterfield