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• Derbyshire haulier Herbert Pheasey succeeded in a bid to increase the authorisation on his licence just four days after an inquest heard how flawed working practices at his firm had claimed the life of his son.
One of Pheasey's vehicles was also involved in the fatal accident involving Sue Williams, the mother of Brake founder Mary Williams. The company had applied to increase its licence authorisation from three vehicles and three trailers to five vehicles and five trailers, at a Bakewell public inquiry before North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Alan Cattell.
Objections from Derbyshire County Council and a couple who live near the operating centre were ruled out on a technicality.
For Pheasey, Martin Walker said there had only been one accident involving a Pheasey vehicle at the depot's junction with the A6 in the 62-year history of the business, and the strict Peak Park Planning Board had granted permission for 12 lorries to operate from the site.
Cattell said there had been no problems since an unsatisfactory maintenance investigation in 1995.
Referring to the death of his son Richard in May, after being crushed by a trailer that rolled forward, Pheasey said that, because professional thieves were targeting heavy vehicles in the Derbyshire Dales, artics had to be left uncoupled at night so that it was harder for them to be stolen.
This meant that Richard Pheasey had been forced to recouple them alone in the mornings when there was no-one else to help him. "That's what killed my son," said Pheasey.