Armstrong fined on poor tyres
21st February 1987, Page 14
21st February 1987
Page 14
Page 14, 21st February 1987
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• Ian Armstrong Transport has been fined £75 for a defective tyre which was noticed by a police examiner after one of the firm's vehicles was involved in a fatal crash — but the court accepted that the tyre had nothing to do with the crash.
Denbigh magistrates heard that last April the Armstrong truck pushed one car into the path of another on the RuthinMold road; the drivers of both cars were killed.
Armstrong's solicitors explained that the vehicle had been sent to have new tyres fitted but the garage did not have enough in stock to replace them all. One was found to have a 9cm bald band in the centre of its tread.
El At a previous hearing the driver admitted careless driving.