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Heart condition may have led to fatal accident
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POLICE SAY AN investigation into a head-on collision between two trucks in which both drivers died has exposed a catalogue of mismanagement and greed.
But two agency driver bosses charged with manslaughter have been found not guilty after a court accepted that a heart condition rather than fatigue might have caused driver Mark Chadbourne to swerve across the road.
However,Raymond Knappman and Robert Legg of the R&B Drivers Agency pleaded guilty to a series of health and safety offences; they will be sentenced for these next month.
Knapman will also be sentenced on eight specimen charges that relate to supplying customers with drivers who had not had sufficient rest periods. The court heard that Chadbourne had had less than eight hours' rest in the previous 33 hours when he collided with Anthony Best's truck.
Wiltshire Police say more than 400 offences were discovered following the accident on the A303 in December 2003.
Acting Inspector Daryn Pearce says: -The industry must take note of the consequences of poor management,greed and blatant disregard for drivers' hours.
-We hope that this case will highlight the need for robust enforcement of these regulations," he adds.
At earlier hearings, 15 other R&B drivers pleaded guilty to tachograph offences, receiving fines totalling more than £4,000.