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Article: Death crash lorry driver 'has a sleep disorder'
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- Evening Times
- Article date:
- October 10, 2007
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A LORRY driver, accused of causing the deaths of three people in a
horror pile-up, has a sleeping disorder, a court was told.
The High Court in Glasgow heard Colin Kane, 36, was diagnosed with
obstructive sleep apnoea five months after the crash on the A82 at
Alexandria, Dunbartonshire.
Sleep disorder expert Dr Peter Fenwick, 72, from London, said he
believed 27st Kane had suffered from the condition for five years
prior to the accident.
He told the court: "I believe he didn't know he had a sleep
disorder and he certainly didn't know he ...