Heart-stopping footage has been released showing a teenager smashing his Ford Fiesta into a lorry at 100mph during a high-speed police chase.
The force of the crash sent the 32-tonne lorry careering off the A180 only stopping in a row of trees in a ditch in Barnetby Top, Humberside.
Oliver Clark, 19, from Weelsby Street in Grimsby, was in a coma for four days after officers risked their lives to pull him out of the wreck.
The teenager who “recklessly” drove at over 100mph before the smash in July 2022 escaped jail with a suspended sentence last week.
PC Sean Hutchinson, from Humberside Police, said: “Highly trained officers were in pursuit of the teenager after he failed to stop and made off from officers in Cleethorpes.
“Due to the dangerous manner of Clark’s driving, it was not possible to immediately bring the pursuit to a safe resolution, as to do so could have risked endangering the lives of the officers engaged in the pursuit.
“Clark then drove at speeds in excess of 100mph up the Barnetby Top slip road and collided with the rear of a 32-tonne lorry which was also heading up the slip road.
“Officer’s feared Clark’s car would set alight and risked their own lives to recover him from his car and provide first aid.
“Fortunately, the driver of the lorry escaped with minor injuries as did the roads policing officer whose car was hit as Clark’s car rebounded off the rear of the lorry.”
Judge John Thackray KC handed Clark a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years. He also banned Clark from driving for two years and ordered him to take an extended retest before he gets his driving licence back.
Speaking directly to Clark, who is still recovering from his injuries, Judge John Thackray KC said: “You should consider yourself extremely fortunate.”
He described it as “pure chance” that neither Clark or anyone else was killed in the pursuit.
