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Glasgow bin lorry crash: Driver told to stop work Glasgow bin lorry crash: Doctors 'missed opportunity' on driver's health
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A bus company's medical advisor told the Glasgow bin lorry crash driver to "remain off driving duties" while his health was investigated. A doctor has admitted he failed to get an accurate account of what happened to the Glasgow bin lorry crash driver when he previously blacked out behind the wheel of a bus.
Dr Kenneth Lyons of First Bus examined Harry Clarke the day after he fainted behind the wheel of a bus in 2010. Harry Clarke lost consciousness while working for First Bus in April 2010.
Mr Clarke went on to work for Glasgow City Council and was driving the bin lorry when it crashed on 22 December last year, killing six people. He gave differing accounts of what had happened to his employer and to his GP.
Dr Lyons was giving evidence to the fatal accident inquiry into the crash. Mr Clarke went on to work for Glasgow City Council and was at the wheel of the bin lorry which crashed last year, killing six people.
Mr Clarke, 58, was unconscious when the bin lorry veered out of control in the city centre. The 58-year-old was unconscious when the bin lorry veered out of control in Glasgow city centre on 22 December.
The inquiry, which is being held at Glasgow Sheriff Court, has previously heard that Mr Clarke told doctors after the fatal crash that he had not suffered blackouts before. Dr Kenneth Lyons, the medical advisor to First Bus, told the fatal accident inquiry into the tragedy that he was told Mr Clarke lost consciousness on a stationary bus for five to ten seconds during the 2010 incident.
But his GP, Dr Gerard Mckaig, told the inquiry the information given by Mr Clarke was "not consistent with his medical history". But the inquiry at Glasgow Sheriff Court has also heard Mr Clarke told his GP he collapsed in a canteen.
'Clear discrepancy' It was put to Dr Lyons by Solicitor General Lesley Thomson that there was a missed opportunity for the two doctors to get a more accurate version of what had actually happened.
Dr McKaig said he went on annual leave following a consultation with Mr Clarke, in which the bus driver had said he fainted in a canteen and not behind the wheel of the bus. Dr Lyons said he recognised this with hindsight.
The GP said there was a "clear discrepancy" between what he was told by Mr Clarke and information provided by First Bus, and he would have investigated further if he had known. In his evidence to the inquiry, Dr Lyons said he had told Mr Clarke to "remain off driving duties" while his health was investigated.
The inquiry has also previously heard that Dr Lyons had sent a letter to a Dr McGlone, who worked at the same GP practice as Mr Clarke's GP in April 2010. He examined Mr Clarke the day after the incident and subsequently sent a letter to the practice of his GP.
The letter described how Mr Clarke's loss of consciousness took place on a stationary bus and asked for further advice.The letter described how Mr Clarke's loss of consciousness took place on a stationary bus and asked for further advice.
Dr Lyons recently retired after working as a GP for 34 years. He still works for First Bus on licence renewal medicals, fitness to work and pension medicals and had been serving the company since 1984. Under questioning from Ms Thomson, Dr Lyons said he "didn't want to influence" information he hoped to receive from Mr Clarke's GP and he "intentionally" did not include some details of the incident - such as Mr Clarke was working while on the bus - as he was seeking the GP's view.
The court had earlier heard from Dr Gerard McKaig, Mr Clarke's GP, who said Mr Clarke had told him that he had fainted in a canteen.
The GP then went on annual leave, so Dr Lyons received a response to his letter from a Dr Langan, who worked at the same practice as Dr McKaig.
The letter said Mr Clarke had been "waiting for his lunch in a hot environment" when he fainted, and the driver was "unlikely to have another one".
It concluded Mr Clarke was "fit to return to work as a bus driver".
Dr Lyons said this account was not "totally different" from what Mr Clarke had told him, as the letter "didn't say it wasn't on a bus".
Following Dr Langan's letter, Dr Lyons wrote a report for First Bus on Mr Clarke and advised he was "fit to return to driving duties".
Erin McQuade, 18, her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, all from Dumbarton, died in the incident in the city's Queen Street and George Square.Erin McQuade, 18, her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, all from Dumbarton, died in the incident in the city's Queen Street and George Square.
Stephenie Tait, 29, and Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were also killed when the truck mounted the pavement before crashing into the side of the Millennium Hotel.Stephenie Tait, 29, and Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were also killed when the truck mounted the pavement before crashing into the side of the Millennium Hotel.
A further 15 people were injured.A further 15 people were injured.
The Crown Office has said there will be no criminal prosecution over the crash.The Crown Office has said there will be no criminal prosecution over the crash.