Hero Policeman Stops an Overturned Van Falling Off a Bridge With Driver Trapped Inside

PC Martin Willis clung on to a van that was hanging off a motorway with his bare hands before emergency services arrived. West Yorshire Police

A police officer has been hailed a hero after he single-handedly held on to a van that was teetering over a  motorway bridge.

PC Martin Willis was pictured holding on to the van that was hanging precariously over a A1 motorway bridge in West Yorkshire in the early hours of Friday Dec. 1.