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111 Truck drivers delivering goods to a Birmingham food firm
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have been accused by a headmaster of putting hundreds of youngsters' lives at risk by illegally parking their trucks outside his school.
Graham Hardy. head of Calthorpo Special School and Sports Collage in Darwin Street. Highgate, has also accused the drivers of being abusive when challenged about the parking problem.
Hardy says he feared a fatal accident was waiting to happen with trucks parking on double yellow lines on a blind bend while waiting their turn to unload at the nearby East End Foods firm.
The school has 238 pupils many of whom have profound learning difficulties, he says: "Most of the trucks are waiting to unload but the firm has shown a blatant disregard for the safety of disabled children, their parents and staff. Numerous staff and children have had narrow escapes. We have received a torrent of abuse when we have approached the drivers."
A spokesman for East End Foods confirms that it has its own vehicles delivering goods to the premises but denies that they were causing a danger to pupils, or that their drivers were abusive: "We have traded in this area for 30 years and have always had an excellent relationship with the school," he adds. "We only have four deliveries in one day at reasonable intervals so Mr Hardy is making more out of the situation than exists."