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Yorkshire Fire Service carrying two trainees and an instructor collided with two men changing a tyre on the A6135 at Hoyland Common near Barnsley last week, killing one and seriously injuring the other.
SEI expands • Freight forwarder Scottish Express International has opened a sorting centre in Coalville, Leicestershire, out of which its existing fleet of 220 trucks is operating.
Testing demands • Plans by the Driving Standards Agency to close seven commercial vehicle driving test centres have been dropped because of the level of demand from drivers wishing to take their tests.
Second Severn NI Construction of the second Severn bridge started this week — the 5krn long toll bridge sould be open to traffic in spring 1996.
Forrest axed • Ely-based Forrest Gray (Transport) was bought from the receiver and closed within four days last week. Over 40 employees were laid off after the new directors lost United States Air Force contracts worth nearly Lim over three years, because they failed to notify the USAF of change of ownership details.
Ideas injected • The first fruits of the joint Cummins/Scania agreement on fuel injection technology look set to be revealed next year says Cummins Engine boss Henry Schacht.
Fax facts • In last week's Operator's Handbook we gave Thanet Commercial's phone number as (0843) 860289. That is the Seddon Atkinson dealer's fax number: its phone number is (0843) 602194.