M62 incident: Police box in runaway Jaguar EV careering down motorway at 90mph after ‘brakes failed due to fault’

COPS swarmed to the M62 to save a driver after his electric car brakes failed and it accelerated uncontrollably to over 90mph today.

Nine police vehicles managed to box in the £32,000 Jaguar I-PACE to end a horrifying 35-minute "movie-style" ordeal.

The driver, who says he is lucky to be alive, was coming home from work at around 2.30pm when he noticed a fault.

Within seconds the brakes failed and the car just went "faster and faster", he told The Sun.

Bombing down the M62 at speeds of nearly 100mph, the driver was forced to tear through red lights and a slipway roundabout.

He then careered onto the hard shoulder to dodge traffic as he feared for his life.

Facing imminent death he rang 999 who scrambled a squad of nine cars that managed to intercept the I-PACE.

Officers from Merseyside and Greater Manchester Police used specialist tactics to ram the vehicle and block it in, bringing the hell-raising pursuit to a screeching end.

A Jaguar spokesperson told The Sun: "We are aware of an incident involving a Jaguar I-PACE on the M62 on the afternoon of March 6.

"An investigation is underway into the cause of the incident."

The Sun understands it is the second time the car has lost control, with the last incident taking place in December.

Pictures from the scene show the black vehicle wedged in between several Matrix vehicles from Merseyside Police.

The horror unfolded on the eastbound carriageway between J11 for Birchwood and J12 for Eccles.

All lanes were closed for a short while with traffic stopped as police responded to the incident.