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- Driver Gary Hart, from Lincolnshire, could not move his vehicle off the tracks and was calling the emergency services when the crash happened. Hart, who had had little sleep the night before, denied falling asleep at the wheel but was given a five-year jail sentence after being found guilty of 10 charges of causing death by dangerous driving.
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Feb 28, 2011 · THE driver who caused the Selby rail crash after falling asleep at the wheel of his car has denied responsibility for the 10 deaths, blaming “fate” for the tragedy.
Feb 28, 2021 · The crash was caused by Gary Hart's Land Rover falling on to the track after he fell asleep at the wheel. Mrs Dunn said accident rates where lack of rest was a factor had not changed.
Feb 28, 2011 · Hart, of Strubby, Lincolnshire, was unable to move his vehicle off the tracks and was calling the emergency services when the crash happened. He had had little sleep the night before and was...
The driver of the car, Gary Hart, was convicted of ten counts of causing death by dangerous driving and sentenced to five years in prison after a jury found that he had fallen asleep while driving. As a result of the crash, Hart's insurers paid out £30 million in claims.
Feb 28, 2021 · The crash happened after a driver fell asleep at the wheel - drifting off the motorway, down an embankment and on to a rail line.
It was just after 06:00 when Gary Hart fell asleep at the wheel of his Land Rover, causing the vehicle and its loaded trailer to career 377ft (115m) down an embankment onto the southbound side...
