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| Lorry driver survives plunge from motorway flyover | Lorry driver survives plunge from motorway flyover |
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| An HGV driver had a lucky escape when his lorry careered off a motorway flyover and plunged on to the road below. | An HGV driver had a lucky escape when his lorry careered off a motorway flyover and plunged on to the road below. |
| The lorry left the flyover on the M42 and crashed on to the M6 Toll near Coleshill in Warwickshire just before 6.30pm on Monday. | The lorry left the flyover on the M42 and crashed on to the M6 Toll near Coleshill in Warwickshire just before 6.30pm on Monday. |
| West Midlands ambulance service said the 50-year-old driver had an "amazing escape". | West Midlands ambulance service said the 50-year-old driver had an "amazing escape". |
| The lorry driver was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham suffering from serious lower leg fractures. | The lorry driver was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham suffering from serious lower leg fractures. |
| A West Midlands ambulance service spokesman said: "Ambulance crews responded to a road traffic collision following reports of a lorry coming off an M42 flyover and landing on the northbound M6 Toll road. | A West Midlands ambulance service spokesman said: "Ambulance crews responded to a road traffic collision following reports of a lorry coming off an M42 flyover and landing on the northbound M6 Toll road. |
| "Crews treated the lorry driver, a man in his 50s, for serious lower leg fractures, neck and back pain and facial lacerations. | "Crews treated the lorry driver, a man in his 50s, for serious lower leg fractures, neck and back pain and facial lacerations. |
| "The driver crawled out of his badly damaged cab and was treated at the scene by paramedics before being airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham for further assessment." | "The driver crawled out of his badly damaged cab and was treated at the scene by paramedics before being airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham for further assessment." |
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