Glasgow bin lorry crash: No charges against driver

The driver of a runaway bin lorry which killed six people should not be prosecuted over the incident, the Crown Office has said.

Harry Clarke, 58, was behind the wheel of the refuse truck when it lost control and ploughed into shoppers in Glasgow city centre three days before Christmas last year.

Prosecutors today concluded that no charges should be brought against the driver or the city council.

A Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the causes of this tragedy will now take place “as soon as possible”, the Crown Office said.

Erin McQuade, 18, and her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, all from Dumbarton, died in the incident in the city’s Queen Street and George Square on December 22.

Primary school teacher Stephenie Tait, 29, and tax worker Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were also killed when the truck mounted the pavement before crashing into the side of the Millennium Hotel.