#bin lorry

[maggiemaydraw]

337/365/2019. Funchal bin lorry under festive lights

[yahoonewsdigest-gb]

Fatal bin lorry crash avoidable 'had driver not lied about his health'

UK News

Fatal bin lorry crash avoidable 'had driver not lied about his health'

An inquiry has found the driver in the fatal Glasgow bin lorry crash "deliberately misled" doctors over his medical history. The report of the fatal accident inquiry into the tragedy also ruled Harry Clarke "deliberately concealed relevant information from the DVLA" and he "repeatedly lied in order to gain and retain jobs and licences". The 58-year-old lorry driver collapsed unconscious at the wheel of his truck on 22 December, 2014. The vehicle careered out of control in Glasgow's George Square, killing six people and injuring 15.

Mr Clarke deceived all three doctors in the hope that he would be able to return to work sooner rather than later so that he would not lose his job with First Bus.

John Beckett QC

The inquiry found the crash might have been avoided if Mr Clarke had "told the truth" about his history of blackouts. In his report, Sheriff John Beckett QC said: "It may well be that the single most useful outcome of this inquiry would be to raise awareness of the dangers involved in driving if subject to a medical condition which could cause the driver to lose control of a vehicle." He listed eight "reasonable precautions" which could have prevented the accident, all in relation to the concealment of Mr Clarke's medical history. The FAI report made 19 recommendations in total and suggested local authorities have advanced emergency brake systems fitted to large refuse trucks.

Sheriff Beckett has made a number of recommendations and we are now considering how to implement them.

Glasgow City Council spokesman

[yahoonewsdigest-gb]

Hundreds attend funeral for Glasgow family killed by runaway bin lorry

UK News

Hundreds attend funeral for Glasgow family killed by runaway bin lorry

Hundreds of mourners have gathered for the funeral of three members of the same family killed when a bin lorry crashed into Christmas shoppers in Glasgow. Erin McQuade, 18, and her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68 and Lorraine Sweeney, 69, all died when the out-of-control refuse vehicle ploughed into pedestrians in the city's George Square three days before Christmas. Some 700 people packed in to St Patrick's RC Church in Dumbarton, where the family live, for a joint requiem mass for the teenager and her grandparents, with more mourners standing outside.

This is a family devastated by the tragic deaths all at once of three much-loved members. They were struck down in front of Jacqueline's eyes. A festive and happy Christmas shopping excursion to Glasgow had become the worst of nightmares.

Philip Tartaglia, Archbishop of Glasgow

Erin, who was in her first year studying English literature at Glasgow University, had been out Christmas shopping with her family when the crash happened. Her mother, Jacqueline, was just yards away from her daughter and parents as the disaster unfolded. She arrived at the church holding hands with her 14-year-old son Aidan. Erin's other siblings, 15-year-old brother Liam and six-year-old sister Niamh walked into the church alongside their father Matthew. Jack and Lorraine Sweeney were well known in Dumbarton. Mourners said their loss has affected everyone in the town. The crash also led to the deaths of Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, 51-year-old Jacqueline Morton from Glasgow and 29-year-old primary school teacher Stephenie Tait. Three people, one believed to be the driver of the lorry, remain in hospital following the tragedy. Investigations into the crash are continuing.

[steve-says-stuff]

Why Be An Internet Troll When You Can Be An Internet Moomin..?

Why Be An Internet Troll When You Can Be An Internet Moomin..?

It’s a sad fact of life that there has always been vile people in the world making even more vile comments. In the days of social media it’s given these “trolls” more of a much wider audience… (more…)

View On WordPress

[coronavirus-ting]

At 9pm on Christmas eve Scotland, switch your Christmas lights off as a mark of respect to those who died in the tragic lorry accident in Glasgow on the 22nd

[haizydavidsonx]

Absolutely heartbreaking, thoughts go out to the families and also to those who are injured, hopes of a speedy recovery❤️

[pistol-whipped-cream-blog]

Terrorist news:

Bin Laden's close friend, Bin Lorry, kills six in Glasgow.

[trendvideocom-blog]

Glasgow crash: First video of the scene Several people are feared dead after a bin lorry crashed into pedestrians in George Square in Glasgow city centre.