This is the terrifying moment motorists in Kent in the UK were forced to drive blind when a lorry belched out thick clouds of smoke.

Footage filmed in April in Maidstone shows the white smoke billowing from beneath the lorry.

Drivers are forced to pull over as visibility is reduced to zero.

"Appears to be either a lorry fire or gasket blown," said the filmer.

"Some residents later said they thought it was disinfecting the streets of coronavirus," he added.