A motorist cheated death when his van broke down on the inside lane of a smart motorway and was smashed into by a lorry.
The accident spread debris across the M6, and emergency rescue workers feared anyone in the van had been killed.
But miraculously electrician Ben French, 28, was pulled from the wreckage alive and is recovering at home a week later.
Carnage: The scene of the horrific crash on the M6
The crash happened on a new all-lane running section of smart motorway, in which the hard shoulder is used as a live traffic lane. Campaigners want them banned for safety reasons following a series of fatal crashes.
Woman rushed to hospital after being hit by a car in Stoke-on-Trent
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Another three coronavirus deaths in Stoke-on-Trent in 24 hours
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Police in Leigh Street, Burslem, following the death of Kimberley Deakin
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A man charged with the murder of a Stoke-on-Trent mum is set to stand trial later this year.
Lewis Crofts, from Dorset, is accused of murdering Kimberley Deakin, a mum-of-one from Burslem, in November last year.