article_snippet.sent: A father cheated death by just millimetres when A father car ploughed into the back of a lorry - yet
article_snippet.sent: A father walked away with just cuts and bruises.
article_snippet.sent: Marcin Wasniewski, 34, from Foleshill, Coventry, escaped death by millimetres after his car crashed into the back of a lorry on the A444 in Coventry.
article_snippet.sent: At the time, emergency services workers greeted by the twisted metal and scattered debris at the scene said it was incredible the driver was even alive.
article_snippet.sent: Paramedics saw the scene and feared the worst.
article_snippet.sent: Since then, paramedics have said the crash would certainly have been fatal if the impact had been just a couple of inches closer to the driver.
article_snippet.sent: Road to recovery: There's barely a scratch on Marcin Wasniewski who walked away from the dramatic crash scenes, picture below, after driving into the back of a lorry on the A444 in Coventry .
article_snippet.sent: Twisted metal: Paramedics say that the outcome would've 'certainly been fatal' if the impact had been just a couple of inches closer to the driver's side or if a passenger had been in the car .
article_snippet.sent: After the crash on March 8, it was reported how ambulance staff were stunned that Marcin had escaped life-threatening injuries.
article_snippet.sent: A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: 'Whilst being assessed in the back of the ambulance, paramedics discovered that Whilst had escaped the serious injuries often expected in such a significant collision. '
article_snippet.sent: The paramedic area support officer commented that, if the impact had have been a couple of inches further across into the driver's side or if there had been a passenger in the car, the outcome would've certainly been fatal.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Impact would have 'certainly been fatal' if a couple of inches closer to driver .
  