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| Loose lorry tyre smashes into car on M6 in Leyland | |
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| A driver has been called the "luckiest person in the world" after a tyre came off a lorry and crashed into his car on the M6 motorway. | A driver has been called the "luckiest person in the world" after a tyre came off a lorry and crashed into his car on the M6 motorway. |
| The tyre detached from an HGV, crossed the central barrier and smashed through the window of the oncoming Peugeot at junction 28, the Leyland interchange. | The tyre detached from an HGV, crossed the central barrier and smashed through the window of the oncoming Peugeot at junction 28, the Leyland interchange. |
| Lancashire Road Police Tweeted that the driver's son had wanted to join him in the car but "thankfully was unable to". | Lancashire Road Police Tweeted that the driver's son had wanted to join him in the car but "thankfully was unable to". |
| The tyre had crushed the car seat where he would have been sitting. | The tyre had crushed the car seat where he would have been sitting. |
| How the driver "got to the [hard] shoulder and got out with minor injuries is beyond us," Lancashire Road Police said. | How the driver "got to the [hard] shoulder and got out with minor injuries is beyond us," Lancashire Road Police said. |