Motorway punch up caught on camera as driver 'causes crash... then gets beaten up for acting tough'

A road rage driver appeared to get his comeuppance for throwing punches on a motorway roundabout - when he ended up being held by his legs in the air after a brawl.

HGV driver Darren Waite was on his way home when he found himself having to split up the warring drivers coming off the M58 motorway near Wigan. The 50-year-old's dashcam footage shows a driver in a white van appearing to pick the wrong lane on a roundabout before switching to avoid re-joining the motorway.

A white car jostles with it for position, but swerves dramatically and appears to 'ram' the van, sending both vehicles crashing into a grass verge. The car driver sees 'red mist' and begins 'throwing punches' through the van driver's window at him - prompting him to get out.

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The pair then begin brawling on the slip road. The stocky van driver appears to floor the motorist, then grab his legs and hoist him into the air. He only stops once Darren jumps from his HGV to separate them and tell them to exchange details, which he said they didn't do.

Instead, the car driver can be seen throwing another final punch through the window of the van before it drives off and appears to jump a red light.

Dad-of-five Darren admitted he 'just wanted to go home' after a week working away and 'couldn't be bothered' being stuck behind the brawl. He said a child was crying in the passenger seat of the car during the brawl.

Facebook users sided with the van driver after the footage was posted on social media, and slammed the 'total idiot' hatchback driver for ramming him off the road. They joked that 'the bloke who started