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A wine and drinks supplier has been fined after a visiting HGV driver was killed after being hit by a forklift truck at its depot in Salford.
John Fitzpatrick was waiting for his trailer to be loaded at Kingsland Drinks Ltd in Irlam on 19 August 2020 w…
Live power cables landed in the path of passing vehicles on the M6 when bungling workers struck overhead power lines.
The cables continued being energised when workers from civil engineering firm Kier delayed before telling Scottish Power of the danger…
The dramatic moment an M6 worker runs from an overhead powerline has been caught on CCTV. It comes after engineering as Kier have been fined £4,415,000 after workers hit overhead powerlines twice during works on the motorway.
The firm failed to notify …
Kier has been fined £4.4m for two incidents in which workers hit overhead power lines while upgrading the M6 in Cheshire.
The safety breaches took place in March 2018 and January 2019, as Kier was carrying out smart-motorways work valued at £475m for H…
A CIVIL engineering firm which carried out works on the M6 motorway in Cheshire has been fined more than £4 million after causing overhead power line cables to fall in the path of passing vehicles.
Staff working for Kier Infrastructure and Overseas Lim…
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DETROIT (AP) — When a futuristic-looking electric Ram pickup truck goes on sale next year, it will hardly be the first in line.
By then, at least seven EV competitors are scheduled to be on sale, all of them vying for a share of the huge full-size tr…
A person was rushed to hospital after a crash between a small car and a heavy goods vehicle on a main road near Oldham. Emergency services raced to the scene on Huddersfield Road, Delph, on Thursday morning (December 22).
Police cordoned off the road w…
This month has seen a ‘first-of-its-kind’ roundabout for cyclists open up in Salford, with the four entrance structure appearing on the junction between Broadway and Trafford Road.
The roundabout is part of a road improvement scheme which has also seen…
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling about 1.4 million pickup trucks worldwide because the tailgates may not close completely and cargo could spill onto the road.
The recall covers Ram 1500, 2500 and 3500 pickups from the 2019 to 2022 model years.
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