Police praise quick thinking lorry driver for blocking motorway while officers dragged car

Police have praised a quick thinking lorry driver who used his vehicle to block off the motorway and protect officers while a car was being dragged onto the hard shoulder.

By Alex Evans

Published 24th Dec 2019, 08:41 BST

Updated 24th Dec 2019, 08:43 BST

Police praised the quick thinking lorry driver

In the early hours of this morning, police were dragging a black Jaguar across the motorway.

It could have been a very perilous exercise, but this lorry driver stepped in to help protect the police.

Having seen what was going on, the driver stopped his lorry in the lane next to the car, providing protection for officers to pull the vehicle across the motorway and into the hard shoulder.

It would appear that the car had had some sort of breakdown on the live lanes of the M606 in Bradford.

@WYP_TrafficDave said: "Last job of the shift. . . . A big thanks to the lorry driver for blocking lane one and providing protection for us whilst @HighwaysYORKS colleagues dragged the car onto the shoulder."