Video and emergency call released of truck driver crashing into stopped cars in Sussex

Recently released dashcam footage shows the terrifying moment a lorry driver crashed into stationary vehicles on a UK highway, causing life-changing injuries for three people.

Warning: This video may be difficult to watch.

Sussex Police said Kuljinder Singh was driving a Mercedes HGV when he failed to brake as he approached stationary traffic on the eastbound A27 between the Fishbourne and Stockbridge roundabouts on August 8, 2022.

Singh was recorded crashing into the rear of a van at more than 50 mph, and was still accelerating at the moment of impact, police added.

Three people, including two who were in the van immediately in front of the lorry, suffered life-changing injuries, according to police.

Singh was arrested and charged with three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

He admitted the charges and at Portsmouth Crown Court on 10 October he was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison.

He was disqualified from driving for nearly five years.