article_snippet.sent: There was a box van behind 49-year-old Mr Townley's lorry which had been there from the time just after I came off the M5. '
article_snippet.sent: We pulled off from the lights.
article_snippet.sent: As I was going through the gears one car passed me. '
article_snippet.sent: I looked in the mirror and saw a box van behind me which had been there from the time
article_snippet.sent: just after I came off the M5 was not trying to pass... but less than 8 to 10 seconds later I glanced in the mirror as something caught my attention.
article_snippet.sent: This is when I hit the horn and the brakes as hard as I could.
article_snippet.sent: I stopped the lorry in around 20 yards and got up on the kerb as much as I dare. '
article_snippet.sent: I was not trying to block the lorry out as some people suggest - the lorry came through the lights at about 50 mph.'