This is what happened when someone ran out of petrol on the M62

A driver ran out of petrol on the M62 causing a lorry pile-up.

Footage from traffic cameras show Gerrard Newell's Ford S Max slow down and then suddenly stop on the motorway near the Eccles Interchange.

He sits in his car in the middle lane of a five-lane stretch of the motorway for around a minute as other vehicles swerve to avoid him.

The moment the lorries crashed was captured by traffic cameras (GMP)

Then two HGV’s approach, the driver of the one in front manages to brake and looks like he would have stopped had the second HGV not been so close behind and hit him.

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Newell, 49, from Freshfield Road in Formby was convicted of careless and inconsiderate driving.

At Manchester Magistrates' Court earlier this month Newell was fined £2,000 and given six points on his licence.

Pictures taken by police officers who attended the smash (GMP)

The driver of the rear most HGV, who police said was driving too close to the vehicle in front meaning he was unable to stop in time was offered and completed a driver awareness course for driving without due care.

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