A lorry driver's dash cam has captured the dramatic moment a Land Rover caught fire on the M3 near Basingstoke on Friday.

The video shows the Land Rover overtake the lorry and drive for several hundred metres with what looks like smoke coming from the undercarriage.

Suddenly flames appear beneath the vehicle and the driver pulls over onto the hard shoulder and leaps out of his vehicle in a cloud of smoke.

++PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO IS MUTE FROM SOURCE++

Truck Driver takes evasive action when he notices a landrover on fire driving down the southbound M3 Basingstoke UK, He uses his truck to slow down fast moving motoway traffic to protect the driver from being hit by motorway traffic in panic when he jumps out his Landrover on the motorway, The truck driver noticed flames under his car so he started his hazard lights followed by sound his horn to attract the attention of the driver , Then started to slow the traffic behind him , knowing any minute there could be a explosion , the driver jumped out and waved thank you to the driver has you can see in the video