A driver is lucky to be alive after miraculously surviving a crash on the M60 after falling asleep behind the wheel.
Police yesterday shared photos of the crash on the motorway, near junction 23 for Ashton-under-Lyne, which happened at 6am on Christmas Day.
The car jumped off the motorway and was left destroyed after its driver returned home from a 12-hour shift.
The driver managed to escape serious injuries but remains in hospital, as one lane was shut on the motorway as crews recovered the car.
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In a post on X, North West Motorway Police said: ‘This is the aftermath of an RTC at 6AM this morning on the M60 near junction 23, driver just finished a 12-hour shift and fell asleep at the wheel.
‘Thankfully not serious injuries but likely to remain in hospital, please take a break if feeling tired.’
A study published in Nature and Science of Sleep found if you had less than five hours of sleep, you are just as likely to have a vehicle crash as if you were over the legal limit for alcohol.
In another news, a car punched a hole straight through the wall of a nursery building during a Christmas Day smash.
The driver then fled the scene following the crash at Acre Wood Nursery School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, at around 7.45pm on Christmas Day.
