A terrified 22-year-old driver thought he was going to die when a jammed cruise control trapped him in his four-wheel drive for half an hour as it raced along the Eastern Freeway.

In a scene reminiscent of thriller blockbuster , the Ford Explorer’s cruise control got stuck at 80km/h as he tried to take the Burke Road exit in Melbourne’s north-east about 12.40pm.

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Chase Weir today told Radio 3AW of his frantic calls to Ford and police after discovering he could not switch off the large vehicle, which was hitting speeds of more than 80km/h.