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HOW DID THEY SURVIVE?
Shocking moment car flips over at high speed on the M1 – before mum and daughter walk away unscathed
Lorry's dashcam films hatchback swerving violently across the motorway after driver did not check her blind spot
A TRUCK driver's dashcam footage shows the horrifying moment a motorist who "forgot to check her blind spot" swerves violently and FLIPS over on the M1 – only to climb out of the car virtually unscathed.
The blue Peugeot 206 pulls out into the middle lane to overtake a lorry - but another car is driving alongside at 70mph.
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The hatchback driver spots the red motor only at the last second and steers sharply back to the left.
It causes the car to lose control and it swerves from side to side before skidding across the hard shoulder and flying into a ditch in a field beside the motorway and ending up on its roof.
Other road users clamber down to the crashed Peugeot - and were amazed when the young woman driver and her mother in the passenger seat stepped out of the wreckage unharmed.
Lorry driver Gordon Wilson, 34, filmed the drama on the southbound carriageway of the M1 near Leicester on June 3.
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The dad-of-two, from Loughborough, said: ";When I saw the car start swerving, I knew right away what was going to happen, probably before they did.
"It was right in front of me so I couldn't not pull over. I am limited to 56mph but I still had to brake as hard as I could, it all happened so fast.
"I think the driver hadn't checked their blind spot so went to pull out, then when they suddenly saw the red car they lost control in the heat of the moment.
"The swerving was very severe. I have seen cars do that before, but never where they leave the motorway altogether.
"Me and another driver pulled over and approached the car to help, but there was fluid leaking out. My first thought was, 'Oh, God, is this going to go bang?'
"I got to the car and there was complete silence, it was quite eerie. I shouted through the back window and scrambled to the driver door because I could see movement. I didn't know what I was going to find.
"It was two women in the car, a mother and a daughter, and they were miraculously fine.
"I really thought the impact would have killed them but they were incredibly lucky."
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Gordon stayed at the scene for around 45 minutes until an ambulance arrived, but phoned the police days later to check if the two women were OK.
To his disbelief, he was informed the only injury sustained was by the daughter, who was driving the vehicle and suffered a dislocated knee.
Gordon said: "As a lorry driver I see a lot of accidents but this is by far the worst I've seen. It was quite traumatic.
"I was in shock that they'd managed to survive. I don't know if they realised how lucky they actually were. They were travelling at about 70mph at least.
"I left the scene and carried on my way but an hour later, it really hit me and I was quite shook up.
"I have a young family at home so this sort of thing can be frightening. I wondered if the car could have gone up in flames.
"I spoke to a police officer a couple of days later who confirmed that the two women were OK except for one dislocated knee.
"When my employers saw the footage, they presented me with a luxury hamper to say well done. "Although they then told me off for stopping for so long on the hard shoulder when I should have been delivering.
"I'm just glad the women were OK as it could have been a very different story."
Leicestershire Police confirmed the driver sustained a minor injury in the accident.
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