Bus firm fined over brakes
10th January 1991, Page 8
10th January 1991
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Page 8, 10th January 1991
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• Welsh bus company Shamrock Private Hire (Newport) has been fined £1,500 after admitting failing to maintain the brakes on a single-decker which was involved in a bus crash in 1988, leaving nine people injured.
Pontypridd magistrates heard that the bus had crashed into a stationary minibus on a steep hill, pushing it over 30m into a house. The bus carried on and hit a truck before demolishing a library.
Owner Clayton Jones said the vehicle had been for its annual test a month before the accident and regular checks had not shown any brake defects.
He said moral responsibility rested with the driver at the time, who was jailed for reckless driving.