Ford Fiesta speeds wrong way along busy motorway

A dashcam image shows the shocking moment a car speeds the wrong way down a busy motorway. The heart-stopping moment happened on the M61 near Junction 6 for Chorley, Lancashire, on Saturday at around 10.35am.

It shows a Ford Fiesta driving the wrong way on the inside lane of the motorway. The driver - who wants to remain anonymous - said he was driving northbound on his way to Haigh Woodland Park with his family.

Four minutes later, the family was coming off the motorway at Junction 6 when the Ford flew past them again and mounted the kerb.

The driver said: "I noticed a police car first and wondered where it was going. My wife then grabbed my arm, said my name, and we saw the car heading the wrong way at speed, flashing its lights.

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