Vet relives YouTube truck shunt terror

Rona Williams's Renault Clio became trapped under the front bumper of the tanker as she drove along the A1(M) and was pushed along at 60mph until the driver finally noticed her.

The accident was filmed by a passenger in another car travelling on the motorway near Leeds, and released on YouTube last week.

Mrs Williams, 31, of York, emerged uninjured but said she was terrified the Arclid Transport HGV would ram her into the crash barrier and kill her so she tried calling for help on her mobile phone.

She said yesterday: "I just screamed at the operator 'I'm going to die, I'm going to die – can you do something?'

"She tried to calm me down but there wasn't really anything she could do at the end of the phone."

Mrs Williams was driving from her vet's surgery in Garforth when her car was clipped by the lorry and twisted sideways, trapping it under the front bumper.

She pulled on the handbrake and flashed her hazard lights, but it took the lorry driver nearly a minute to notice her and pull over.

West Yorkshire Police are investigating the crash.