Moment a dad has to slam on the brakes as a lorry drives the wrong way

Shocking moment a father with his two children slams on brakes as a lorry drives the wrong way down a dual carriageway

• Darren Richards was driving home to Port Talbot along Fabian Way, Swansea 
• He was with his children when the lorry came heading towards them on Saturday
• Lorry travelling into city centre but was in wrong lane of the dual carriageway 

A shocked driver was horrified to see a lorry coming towards him the wrong way down a busy dual carriageway.

Darren Richards was driving home to Port Talbot along Fabian Way, Swansea, with his two children, aged five and 18 months, when the lorry came heading towards them on Saturday afternoon.

The lorry was travelling into the city centre but was captured travelling in the right hand lane of the dual carriageway heading out of the city.

Darren Richards was driving home to Port Talbot along Fabian Way, Swansea, when the lorry came heading towards them on Saturday afternoon

Dashcam footage captures the moment cars had to brake suddenly and quickly switch lanes in order to avoid it.

Mr Richards, 39, said: ‘We had gone out for the day and I had the kids in the car.

‘We were coming along Fabian Way and a lorry just came straight towards us.

Mr Richards added: ‘I just thought ‘where the hell did that come from?’.

Dashcam footage captures the moment cars had to brake suddenly and quickly switch lanes in order to avoid it

‘It was really close, closer than the camera shows, so it was very close to being a car pile-up.

‘It shook me up. It only hit me when we got to the Briton Ferry bridge and I was shaking.’

Mr Richards said that the dashcam footage has been sent to South Wales Police.

The company named on the side of the lorry, J Carrion, has been contacted for comment.

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