This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/23/glasgow-bin-lorry-crash-family-feared-among-dead
The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Glasgow bin lorry crash: three people from same family feared among dead | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| Three members of the same family are feared to be among six people killed after an out-of-control bin lorry ploughed into a crowd of pedestrians in Glasgow. | Three members of the same family are feared to be among six people killed after an out-of-control bin lorry ploughed into a crowd of pedestrians in Glasgow. |
| Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said the city was waking up “with a broken heart”, as tributes poured in following Monday’s accident and residents struggled to come to terms with a second major tragedy in just over a year. | |
| The accident happened at 2.30pm on Monday in George Square, which was teeming with last-minute Christmas shoppers and visitors to the ice rink and amusements in the square. | |
| Witnesses described a council bin lorry that had been travelling up Queen Street, which bounds the west side of George Square, mounting the pavement and scattering pedestrians “like pinballs”. It is thought that the driver may have fallen ill at the wheel. | Witnesses described a council bin lorry that had been travelling up Queen Street, which bounds the west side of George Square, mounting the pavement and scattering pedestrians “like pinballs”. It is thought that the driver may have fallen ill at the wheel. |
| The BBC reported that the driver had two passengers in the truck with him at the time of the crash. They are likely to be key witnesses in the police investigation. It is understood that the driver remained in hospital overnight. | |
| Speaking on BBC Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland on Tuesday, Sturgeon said: “As the city wakes up this morning, the sheer sense of horror and grief at what happened will be very raw. All our thoughts, first and foremost, are with those who are waking up as bereaved families this morning. It is almost impossible to imagine what they are going through. I know that everyone across the city, across Scotland, across the UK, will be thinking of them today. | Speaking on BBC Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland on Tuesday, Sturgeon said: “As the city wakes up this morning, the sheer sense of horror and grief at what happened will be very raw. All our thoughts, first and foremost, are with those who are waking up as bereaved families this morning. It is almost impossible to imagine what they are going through. I know that everyone across the city, across Scotland, across the UK, will be thinking of them today. |
| “I think all of us on our televisions were again struck by just how readily people run into a scene of potential danger to help those who have been injured, those who have been affected. There was a sense in the city last night of everybody rallying around.” | “I think all of us on our televisions were again struck by just how readily people run into a scene of potential danger to help those who have been injured, those who have been affected. There was a sense in the city last night of everybody rallying around.” |
| She added: “There is something quite incredible about the spirit in this city. Everybody knows it is a city with a big, big heart. This morning it is a city with a broken heart but it will get through this as it got through the Clutha tragedy.” | She added: “There is something quite incredible about the spirit in this city. Everybody knows it is a city with a big, big heart. This morning it is a city with a broken heart but it will get through this as it got through the Clutha tragedy.” |
| In November 2013, 10 people lost their lives when a police helicopter crashed into the popular Clutha Vaults pub on the north bank of the river Clyde, not far from Monday’s carnage. | |
| A metal police cordon erected late on Monday remained in place on Tuesday morning, hiding the scene of the crash from onlookers. People laid floral tributes throughout the night. | A metal police cordon erected late on Monday remained in place on Tuesday morning, hiding the scene of the crash from onlookers. People laid floral tributes throughout the night. |
| Glasgow residents banded together in the aftermath of the tragedy, with local bars and restaurants offering soup and sandwiches to the emergency services working through the night and taxi drivers offering free transport to those visiting loved ones in hospital. | Glasgow residents banded together in the aftermath of the tragedy, with local bars and restaurants offering soup and sandwiches to the emergency services working through the night and taxi drivers offering free transport to those visiting loved ones in hospital. |
| Prayers for the victims will be said at a special service at 11.30am on Tuesday. It will be led by the Rev Alastair Duncan at St George’s Tron, and a book of condolence will be opened there. Police have set up a dedicated email address for members of the public to send pictures, videos or mobile footage of the incident to help them piece together the sequence of events that led to the crash. | |
| The former lord provost of Glasgow Michael Kelly described a “blanket of grief” over the city on Tuesday morning. He told Good Morning Scotland: “It is unbelievable that such a wonderful year for Glasgow generally was bookended by tragedies. Just over 12 months after the Clutha the city is hit with this same kind of public disaster which is going to throw a blanket of grief over the city.” |