A group of passers by ran to help the driver of an overturned tanker after he suffered a medical emergency.
A large gas tanker crashed on East Lancashire Road between Haydock and St Helens at around 4.15pm on Monday, August 29. After the tanker crashed into the central reservation it overturned and covered all three lanes of traffic heading towards Haydock.
Merseyside Police, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, the North West Ambulance Service and an air ambulance all attended the scene. Before emergency services arrived, one eyewitness, who asked not to be named, described how they, and seven other people rushed to help the man driving the tanker.
