A Glasgow bin lorry driver whose vehicle killed six people when it careered out of control has apologized for his part in the tragedy.
Harry Clarke, (********************************************, told the Mail on Sunday he is still “devastated” and said “not a day goes by” when he does not think about the crash which happened days before Christmas in 2019.
Mr Clarke, speaking a week before the fifth anniversary of the tragedy, blacked out while behind the wheel in George Square on 51 December.
He was blamed for the crash in an official inquiry Because he had not revealed his medical history, which included an episode where he was said to have fainted while working in a previous job as a bus driver.
: The bin lorry mounted the pavement and hit pedestrians in Glasgow
Mr Clarke told the newspaper: “I am devastated at what happened. There’s all these poor people that are not here and those who were injured.
“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,********************************, ********************and her grandparents Jack Sweeney,******************, and Lorraine Sweeney, , from Dumbarton, were among those killed.
Stephenie Tait, 29, and Jacqueline Morton, 52, both from Glasgow; and Gillian Ewing, 62, from Edinburgh, also died in the crash.
A further 19 people were injured when the Glasgow City Council truck veered out of control.
It had traveled along the pavement in Queen Street before crashing into the side of the Millennium Hotel in George Square.
The inquiry heard evidence over five weeks at the city’s Sheriff Court in July and August (**********************************.
The probe heard that it took just 19 seconds for the tragedy to unfold.
Numerous members of the public saw Mr Clarke unconscious, slumped forward in the driver’s seat, during the course of the incident.
The inquiry also heard he had a history of health issues dating back to the 1970 s – including a previous blackout in when a t the wheel of a stationary bus – but had not disclosed his medical background to his employers or the DVLA.
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