Amazon lorry crash quite surreal - witness

Cheryl Sutherland was just two cars behind an Amazon lorry when it was involved in a multi-vehicle crash in Stoke-on-Trent.

The vehicle emerged at a roundabout junction before careering over the grassy island and colliding with multiple cars on 6 April.

Ms Sutherland said she first felt disbelief and was desensitized to the incident, but soon the severity of the crash pulled her into reality.

"It was quite strange to realise that it was real and had actually happened, but then you snap back and think 'I must go and see if anyone's hurt'," she said.

The crash happened the junction of the A500 and A519 just after 16:00 GMT.

Ms Sutherland said there were off duty nurses who helped attend to people.

"The person who looked the most injured wasn't able to move, their car was completely crumpled and it looked like it had been hit from every angle.

"The sunroof and the back window had shattered.

"I could see that there was a gentleman in the other car opposite and that he'd got a very bad nosebleed, but he was talking."

Two people were taken to hospital with "potentially serious" injuries, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.

Amazon says the company is investigating the incident with a haulage contractor whose driver was towing their trailer.

Ms Sutherland said the shock of it all did not hit her until she left the scene of the accident.

"I was driving home, that's when I started thinking that I wouldn't normally have been there, and what if I'd have been two cars in front.

"It could very easily have been me, so it did worry me afterwards, but at the time I wasn't really thinking of anything other than who needed help," she said.

Staffordshire Police has said the lorry driver has been reported for dangerous driving, and is appealing for any other witnesses to the crash to come forward.

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