Telford lorry driver who stepped in to help after M6 crash praised by officials

Wojciech Nowak, who drives for concrete block manufacturer Besblock, was driving on the motorway when he spotted officers dealing with a collision between a car and an HGV.

An official for Highways England said the officers on the scene were having difficulty communicating with the driver of the Polish HGV and were delighted when another driver stopped and offered to help.

Andrew Wood, national consistency manager at Highways England, said: “Our traffic officers were attending and assisting the drivers, and encountered a few language barriers with regards to the Polish HGV driver. Thankfully another driver that just happened to be passing stopped and offered his services as a translator, which helped our officers greatly.

“The officers wanted to track down the driver and have asked me to pass on their thanks to both the driver and to his company,” added Mr Wood in a letter to Besblock.

Wojciech, age 35, said today he was only too glad to help in any way he could.

The father-of-two said: “I stopped to see if there was anything I could do and was happy I could be of some help even if just in a small way.

"Sometimes we are all busy and it may seem easier or the best thing to do to just drive on past. But you never know when you might be able to do some good so maybe it is always worth just stopping to ask the question if you can.”

Mr Wood said his officers were really pleased to have tracked down the individual driver to say thank you.

Managing director at Besblock, Andrew Huxley, said everyone at the firm was encouraged to be community-spirited and that included drivers when they were out on the road.

He said: “It helps to foster a strong ethos of helping each out and I am delighted that ethos stays with our staff when they are out on the road.

“I am very proud of Wojciech that he took the time to stop on this occasion and so very glad that it helped.”