Death of driver struck by his own HGV

newmercman:

Harry Monk:
Looks like he forgot to put the handbrake on and it started to move away when he connected the red airline, a mistake I have myself made in the past…there but for the grace of God…

Condolences to friends and family.

I join you in offering my condolences, like many others will I’m sure.

I too have done it, many of us have, and it will keep happpening, but as in the various posts on here where we laugh at our mistakes, we were lucky, that’s why I always comment on those threads, I always mention that the thing to do when it happens is to pull the red line off, hopefully it sinks in, as it’s the best thing to do in a bad situation and we can avoid any more cases like this one.

RIP driver :wink:

Pulling that airline off when it rolls or if you’re in doubt is sound advice, a sticker to that effect on every trailer wouldn’t go amiss would it. We now have warning buzzers in all new vehicles that sound when the door is opened if the handbrake is off.

A very sad situation & my condolences go to all involved.

BB