Dundee-born crane driver was killed by faulty brakes

A crane driver originally from Dundee was killed in his 130 tonne truck after warning his girlfriend safety failings on the vehicle would be “the death of him”.

Father of three Lindsay Easton, 49, was working at Britain’s largest on-shore wind farm at Edenfield, near Manchester.

He had called Carol Robinson to say the brakes on his crane might not be working and minutes later they failed on a slope and the vehicle crashed into an earth bank, killing him. The 2011 incident was related as family-run Baldwins Crane Hire Ltd was convicted of corporate manslaughter and health and safety charges over the tragedy.

Richard Baldwin and his managing director son Wayne face unlimited fines when they are sentenced on December 22.

Mr Easton was born in Dundee but moved to England when he was three and latterly lived in Halifax.