SWNS_LORRY_STOP_06

Dashcam shows the moment a lorry driven by Russell Dagless, 53 stopped a runnaway van after the driver was seen slumped at the wheel on the A47 near Dereham, Norfolk. See Masons copy MNACTION: This is the moment a heroic lorry driver saved a driver's life and avoided a pile-up on a main road. Russell Dagless, 53, has won a top award after he used his HGV to trap the driver's van against a central reservation and gave him first aid after he saw him slump over the wheel. The dashcam footage taken by another lorry driver shows the quick thinking father-of-one positioning his trailer in front of the van as it was bouncing along the safety barrier.