Terrifying video shows the moment a fuel tanker swerved onto the wrong side of a busy WA highway, almost causing a crash.
It’s a frightening near-miss that could have been deadly.
The vision was captured on the last day of school holidays, not far from Albany.
It could now become evidence in a police investigation.
The 40-tonne fuel truck was captured on the wrong side of Albany Highway, headed straight for oncoming traffic.
A family was in the car behind.
“He could have wiped out a family heading in the other direction, and had to live with that consequence.,” WA Police Minister Michelle Roberts said after viewing the footage.
The heavy vehicle can be seen swerving erratically several times.
“It indicates that the driver is either tired or distracted for some reason,” Roberts said.
Dangerous stretch
One witness told 7NEWS he called the trucking company Atlas Fuel, fearing someone would be killed.
The company says it has launched an investigation and the driver has been interviewed.
Over the past five years, there have been 276 crashes on the stretch of Albany Highway where the footage was filmed.
Extracted from 7news