This week, the police have gone public about an incident which happened on the side of the M62 motorway near Greater Manchester on 9th November. Two vehicles had an accident – not an uncommon occurrence. However, the level of violence which then ensued, does make this a bit different.
It starts off amicably enough, with CCTV footage showing the two drivers apparently exchanging details, but it then broke into a fight (literally on the hard shoulder of the M62). Before it was over, the driver of a flatbed truck had forcefully reversed his vehicle into the front of the lorry, and then got out and used a shovel to break the glass windows of the cab in an effort to get to the two occupants who had got back in for their own safety. Those who have seen the footage will doubtless have been affected by the speed, scale and severity of the attack, all of which is totally out of proportion to the original incident which triggered it.
So, what kind of animal was this who was behind the wheel of the flatbed truck? Well, the honest answer, is he may not be so very different from the rest of us. Read more →
