A terrified 20-year-old woman narrowly escaped death by tearing off her seatbelt and rolling on to her side as a lorry toppled over on to her car.

These dramatic pictures show just how close she came to being crushed inside the Nissan Micra when it was flattened on the A50 in Staffordshire.

The shocked young woman saw the lorry trailer begin to fall and managed to roll into the foetal position.