'What are the chances, that you are there with a vehicle like mine at that moment'

HERO LORRY DRIVER WHO HELPED SAVE MAN 'DANGLING' FROM BRIDGE

- By DEBORAH HALL

A LORRY driver from Hull has told how a routine trip on the motorway turned into a major incident with him at the centre of it.

Dan Shillito was the hero of the hour when he pulled his container truck beneath a bridge across the M1 after seeing a man’s legs “dangling”.

Dan, a father-of-two from Anlaby, was driving for Samskip last Saturday when he saw the motorway signboards flashing up “incident” and a speed restriction, near Chesterfield.

On his first day back at work after 13 days off, and heading for Donington Park Services, Dan told Hull Live: “I presumed there had been a car accident.

“I noticed there was no traffic on the other side of the motorway and an officer was getting the approaching traffic on our side to stop. I couldn't see an incident and thought, why have we stopped?

“It was then I saw two legs dangling at the other side of the bridge in front of us.”

Quick-witted Dan shouted to the traffic officer.

“I said, did he want me to pull my truck under so that if the man fell, he would fall onto my container? He moved the car and trailer in front and I pulled forward.”