BMW driver’s miracle escape after automotive is hit by van wheel on motorway
- The van and the automotive have been heading in reverse instructions on the M57 yesterday
- The wheel flew over the central reservation hanging the automotive with large pressure
A driver of a BMW had a miracle escape after his automotive was hit by a wheel of a stolen van which flew off on the motorway.
The BMW was driving alongside the M57 close to Liverpool when the wheel indifferent from the van which was heading within the reverse carriageway.
The wheel bounced over the central reservation and struck the BMW on the windscreen in direction of the passenger aspect of the automobile.
Such was the extent of pressure the influence peeled again the roof and worn out the passenger head relaxation.
Luckily there have been no passengers within the automotive on the time of the incident or there would have been fatalities.
A BMW driver had a dramatic escape after a wheel which flew off a stolen Ford Transit van flew over the central reservation of the M57 earlier than slamming into the German automotive’s windscreen, peeling again its roof
A suspected stolen Ford Transit van, pictured misplaced its wheel exterior Liverpool on a motorway yesterday morning
It appears just like the wheel nuts have sheered contained in the hub permitting the wheel and tyre to fly off
According to police, if the wheel had impacted the automotive a number of centimeters to the left, the motive force might have been struck on the top.
If each autos had been travelling at 70mph and the wheel weighed roughly 30 kilograms, the pressure of the influence would have been round 10,800 newtons – or greater than a tonne.
As a consequence the automotive regarded prefer it had been peeled open like a tin of beans.
Following the collision, North West Motorway Police tweeted: ‘We are presently coping with an RTC [Road Traffic Collision], the van is on the northbound carriageway misplaced its wheel and its occupants made off.
‘A really fortunate BMW driver on the southbound carriageway now struggling shock after his automobile was hit by the wheel.
‘Van eliminated as could also be stolen.’
On social media, one particular person responded: ‘BMW driver deffo not having a goodyear,’ citing a model of tyre of their retort.
Craig Brown wrote: ‘I’d prefer to donate a brand new pair of pants to the BMW driver. Glad they’re okay.’
Tim Kelly, who tweets as @MotorclaimgGuru added: ‘Extremely fortunate that there isn’t a passenger within the BMW, as that might have been a fatality.
‘From trying on the hub, that wheel has separated because of overtightening of the wheel bolts and tehy have stretched.
‘A search of native tyre fitters might assist with figuring out the motive force.’
A spokesperson for Merseyside Police advised MailOnline: ‘At 10:21 on Friday 08th March an NWMPG have been made conscious of a tyre in lane 1 of the M57 with additional 999 calls stating a automobile being hit by the tyre on the southbound carriageway close to to Huyton.
‘The automobile the tyre had come from was situated deserted on the northbound exhausting shoulder and was subsequently recovered.
‘Thankfully the occupants of the BMW have been unhurt and enquiries are ongoing to determine the occupants of the deserted van.’
