30ft motorway lorry fall

Police officers investigating a crash on the M42 motorway where a lorry fell from a flyover on to the M6 Toll, are appealing for witnesses.

The lorry was travelling on the M42 northbound at around 6:30pm yesterday evening (April 8), when it is believed it collided with a car travelling the same way.

The lorry then jack-knifed across all three lanes and veered over the edge of the flyover on to the M6 Toll northbound, approximately 30ft below.

The 55-year-old driver was taken by air ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where he is being treated for leg and ankle injuries.

The 49-year-old driver of the Ford Mondeo was not injured in the collision.

The M42 northbound was closed for collision examiners to attend the scene, and the M6 Toll was also closed to traffic.

The M6 Toll opened at 6am this morning following resurfacing.

A lorry driver and other road users on the M6 Toll had an ‘amazing’ escape according to ambulance crews, after a lorry left a flyover on the M42 and crashed onto the M6 Toll near Coleshill.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the incident near T1 on the M6 Toll just before 6:30pm.

The Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford, along with ground teams were sent to the scene.

The driver managed to crawl out of his cab where he was treated by paramedics before being airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for further assessment.

An eye witness said the lorry went through the barrier on the raised section of the M42 where it goes over the M6 Toll.

More information to follow.