A Ferrari driver had a lucky escape when the luxury sports car crashed into the central reservation on the M1 motorway today.

The crash happened northbound close to Wakefield earlier this afternoon.

West Yorkshire Police's Roads Policing Unit tweeted the pictures of the crash above adding "It was a very nice car."

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