A Spanish lorry, travelling on France’s A7 motorway, transporting 3 tonnes of recreational fireworks hit the road’s guardrail, ignited and exploded. The explosion, heard up to several kilometres away, ejected the driver’s cab into a field some 100 metres from the point of impact. The driver had fallen asleep at the wheel; his body was found a few metres further in the field. Limited traffic on the road at the late hour of this accident occurred avoided a greater number of casualties. The motorway remained closed throughout the emergency response. Sparks generated by friction from the vehicle’s trailer when slamming into the guardrail would have caused the fireworks being hauled to ignite.