Shocking footage has emerged of a large lorry going through a red light at a junction and smashing into a hatchback in Stockport, Greater Manchester, on Wednesday (February 20).

In dash-cam video caught from a vehicle behind the hatchback, on the Higher Hillgate-Longshut Lane junction, a green light is showing and the traffic advances.

However, from the left-hand side, a heavy goods vehicle can be seen driving without slowing down and approaching the traffic lights.

As the hatchback reaches the centre of the junction, it gets T-boned by the HGV, sending it flying across the road, spinning it nearly 180 degrees. It eventually comes to a halt but not before hitting a lamppost, which is left wobbling.

The driver of the Ford Fiesta - a 59-year-old lady - was taken to hospital with minor injuries after being "bruised from the seat belt."

Neil Rigby, who filmed the incident on his dash-cam, said: "I was following the lady and could see what was about to happen, hence the cry in the video and it was like slow-motion."

Rigby later said: "She was conscious and not in any immediate danger and so we left her sat in the car until the ambulance arrived.

"The truck driver had pulled his vehicle over to the side of the road and was very remorseful.

"He admitted it was his fault and said he just didn't see the lights.

"The lady's side airbags were deployed and the car was written off."

A quiet time at a normally very busy junction, a lady in a Ford Fiesta pulls away from a junction when the lights have turned green. An articulated lorry, from her left-hand side, runs a red traffic light and hits her broadside, spinning her across the road and into a lamp-post. Although there was light rain the conditions were relatively good at this recently improved junction in Stockport, Cheshire. The Junction of Higher Hillgate and Longshut Lane is normally very busy but at 14:10 on Wednesday 20th February 2019, both road traffic and pedestrian traffic was very quiet otherwise this whole incident could have been a lot worse. This was filmed from my in-car dashcam. I was following the lady and could see what was about to happen (hence the cry in the video) and it was like slow-motion. I can be seen gliding effortlessly across the junction to attend to the lady in the car. I passed the truck driver who seemed to be OK. The lady was sore, bruised from the seat belt, and with a cut on her hand. She was conscious and not in any immediate danger and so we left her sat in the car until the ambulance arrived. The truck driver had pulled his vehicle over to the side of the road and was very remorseful. He admitted it was his fault and said he just didn't see the lights. The ladies side airbags were deployed and the car was written off. I have video of her driving before the junction and more video of the scene awaiting the ambulance.