Lorry smashes into broken down car on M1 near Chesterfield and Mansfield

A lorry smashed into the back of a broken down Volvo car on the M1 overnight after the lorry driver "failed to see" the abandoned car.
By Andrew Topping
Published 17th Sep 2019, 10:02 BST
The shattered Volvo.The shattered Volvo.
The shattered Volvo.

The Volvo broke down in lane one of the M1 southbound carriageway between junctions 29 and 28, but the lorry was unable to see the abandoned car time and smashed into the back of the vehicle.

A Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit spokesman, who attended the scene overnight between September 16 and 17, said it was a "good job there was no one sat in the back".

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A spokesman for the unit Tweeted: "M1 South J29 to J28 overnight. Volvo breaks down in lane one. Lorry fails to see it and react in time and drives into it.

"Good job there was no one sat in the back. Break down in a live lane? Get out, quickly, call 999."