Glasgow bin lorry crash driver Harry Clarke says he would ‘jump off a bridge’ if he felt responsible for six deaths
THE driver of the Glasgow bin lorry which killed six people says he would “jump off a bridge” if he felt responsible for their deaths. Harry Clarke told of his “devastation” over the tragedy and said “not a day goes by” when he does not think about the crash and those who died. “It has […]
THE driver of the Glasgow bin lorry which killed six people says he would “jump off a bridge” if he felt responsible for their deaths.
Harry Clarke told of his “devastation” over the tragedy and said “not a day goes by” when he does not think about the crash and those who died.
“It has been made out that I don’t care about what happened. There’s not a day goes by I don’t think about it.
“I’m sorry for the part I played in 2014. It was an accident.
“If I thought for a minute it was all my fault I’d jump off a bridge.”
Erin McQuade, 18, and her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and Lorraine Sweeney, 69, from Dumbarton, Stephenie Tait, 29, and Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow; and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, died in the crash.
A further 15 people were injured when the Glasgow City Council truck veered out of control.
If I thought for a minute it was all my fault I’d jump off a bridge.
Glasgow bin lorry driver Harry Clarke
It had travelled along the pavement in Queen Street before crashing into the side of the Millennium Hotel in George Square.
But his apology was rejected by Marie Weatherall, 69, who broke her ankle, leg, arm and shoulder in the disaster.
She said: “It makes no difference to me.”
We told last week how Glasgow City Council lost a bid to sue Clarke’s ex-employer First Bus over £900,000 compensation paid to Stephenie’s family.
The inquiry heard evidence over five weeks at the city’s Sheriff Court in July and August 2015.
The probe heard that it took just 19 seconds for the tragedy to unfold.
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During the course of the incident, numerous members of the public saw Mr Clarke unconscious, slumped forward in the driver’s seat.
The inquiry also heard he had a history of health issues dating back to the 1970s – including a previous blackout in 2010 when at the wheel of a stationary bus – but had not disclosed his medical background to his employers or the DVLA.
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