Trucker tells court he was not at fault

A Co Dublin truck driver has told Dublin City Coroners's Court that he was not at fault for a road accident which claimed the lives of four Bosnians in September 2001.

Brian McLoughlin, from Skerries said he saw a car coming around a bend about 40 yards ahead of him before the collision occurred.
He told the court he slowed his vehicle and pulled into the left-hand side of the road but to his "amazement" the other driver did not take evasive action. "As far as I am concerned I am not responsible in any way for this accident as the other driver was travelling at speed in the middle of the road."

Garda Stephen Keane told the court there appeared to be no road signs in the area at the time of the accident. Signs warning about the width of the road and the speed limit have since been erected.

The jury returned verdicts of accidental death in each case and asked the Coroner Dr. Brian Farrell to write to Fingal County Council to recommend road markings and road widening where the fatal accident took place.

The four Bosnians, who lived in the Blanchardstown area were on their way to Rush, where they worked on a farm, picking potatoes.