Truck crush video sparks new probe

POLICE have said they will reinvestigate a collision after video footage appeared to show a lorry travelling along a motorway with the driver unaware a car was trapped under its bumper.

Mobile phone images uploaded to YouTube show an Arclid Transport lorry travelling in the fast lane of the A1 near Wetherby, with a blue Renault Clio trapped sideways in front of it.

Apparently filmed by someone in another car as it is overtaken by the lorry, the driver of the Clio, who has not been identified, appears to be trying to release his car by using the brakes.

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A male voice near the phone can be heard shouting: "He hasn't even seen it."

A spokesman for lorry operator Cheshire-based Arclid Transport said they were investigating.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said officers had gone to an accident on January 13 where no one was hurt. The new evidence meant inquiries will reopen, he said.