New footage shows moments after heroic PC Martin Willis held onto van teetering on motorway bridge near Leeds

Previously unseen footage has been released of the dramatic events which unfolded after a police officer physically held onto a crashed van to stop it falling over a motorway bridge.
New footage released today shows emergency services working at the scene.New footage released today shows emergency services working at the scene.
New footage released today shows emergency services working at the scene.

“Vehicles were going past and it was quite windy so the vehicle was actually rocking and I’m thinking this could go over onto the A64," he said.

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"It’s about a 40ft drop and it’s going to kill the driver and people travelling underneath as well.

“I thought the only thing I can do is try and steady it. I said to the driver, ‘whatever you do, don’t move’.

After PC Willis came to the rescue, firefighters spent two hours making the van safe and freeing driver Thomas Dulson.

The 25-year-old was then rushed to Leeds General Infirmary with two broken legs.

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Today West Yorkshire Fire Service released two clips showing the arrival of fire crews and the work they carried out alongside colleagues from Yorkshire Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team.