A DRIVER saw the terrifying moment when a lorry overturned on the M40 near Oxford.

Ben Handy shared footage on Twitter taken on his dashcam of the incident which happened on the northbound carriageway yesterday afternoon as Storm Eunice swept across the county.

Read Ben's experience here

The video shows vehicles on the road driving as normal before a strong gust of wind blows a lorry over.

Oxford Mail: Vehicles driving as normal on M40 northboundVehicles driving as normal on M40 northbound

A white van narrowly escapes being crushed and the lorry lands and slides on its side, with debris flying everywhere.

Oxford Mail: The lorry overturned and landed on its right side just missing a white vanThe lorry overturned and landed on its right side just missing a white van

The lorry then ends up blocking almost the entire road as it slides across the carriageway.

Oxford Mail: The lorry blocked all three lanesThe lorry blocked all three lanes

Ben manages to avoid the crash and swerves around the vehicle before coming to a stop near the hard shoulder.

He said it was 'quite surreal' and that the driver escaped with facial injuries and was 'pretty shaken up'.

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The M40 northbound was closed between J10 and J11. Traffic was diverted to follow the hollow diamond symbol via the A422, to leave the M40 at J10 and rejoin at J11.

It reopened at about 6pm but lanes 1 and 2 stayed closed for a while longer while a diesel spillage from the overturned HGV was cleaned up.

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