Haulier fined E150 after cottage crash
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A GRAIVISBY haulier has been fined ‘:151I after admitting that a vehicle which demolished the front of a cottage had been used with defective brakes.
Magistrates at Bishop Auckland, hearing the case against Immingham Freight Services, heard how the owners of the cottage in Leazes View, Wolsingham, County 1)urhain, had only escaped because they had been out shopping at the time. A priceless show dog was dug out, unhurt, from the wreckage of the house.
The court was told there had been no way of knowing the brakes on the vehicle had been incorrectly adjusted without a proper examin
anon. • Immingham Freight Services said the trailer involved in the accident was owned by a Norwegian company and was being re-delivered to its home base at the time of the accident.
The trailer had jack-knifed during the, incident and hit the cottage.
The ease against the lorry driver, Neil 'Frownson, of Griinsby, was adjourned until February. He is charged with careless driving.