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Glasgow Bin Lorry Crash Driver Arrested

Glasgow Bin Lorry Crash Driver Arrested

The driver of the bin lorry which crashed in Glasgow killing six people has been arrested over claims he drove without a licence.

Harry Clarke, 58, is accused of unlawfully getting behind the wheel of a car on 20 September, it is understood.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "A 58-year-old man was arrested in connection with alleged road traffic offences.

"A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal."

A fatal accident inquiry into the bin lorry crash on 22 December last year heard Mr Clarke lost consciousness at the wheel of the council vehicle.

It then travelled out of control along Queen Street and towards George Square before crashing in to the side of the Millennium Hotel.

Erin McQuade, 18, and her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and Lorraine Sweeney, 69, from Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, died from multiple injuries after being hit by the truck.

Stephenie Tait, 29, and Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were also killed.

Fifteen other people were injured.