He was trying to avoid hitting a lorry parked on the side of the road

Oct 28, 2013 09:54 GMT  ·  By

A frightening close call has been caught on video somewhere in the UK. A truck driver barely escapes what could have been a fatal accident.

The video (featured above) has been captured with a dashcam and has been submitted to YouTube by user Chnll029. He mentions that the incident was documented on the A13 to Dagenham, last Monday.

A van tries to overtake the truck and makes a slow approach. When the driver of the green HGV lorry has to avoid a large truck parked by the side of the road, it swipes the van and sends it off the road.

Fortunately, the motorist keeps his cool and gets back on the highway. Nobody has been injured during this incident, but things could have been a lot worse.