Haulage firm end senior managers acquitted of manslaughter

摘要

A Dorset haulage company, one of its directors, and an employee have been cleared of manslaughter over the death of two people in a road crash involving one of its vehicles.rnNeville and Cheryl De'Ath died when the car they were travelling in was hit by an articulated lorry owned by Blandford firm, Translact, on the A303 on 2 March, 2007. The driver of the lorry, Polish national Maciej Szcygiecki, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and was jailed for four years in 2007.rnThe Crown Prosecution Service indicted Translact - a subsidiary of Taymix Transport Ltd - as well as director, Robert Taylor, and transport planner, Nicholas Read, on two counts each of gross negligence manslaughter, in that they failed in their duty of care to the De'Aths by not ensuring that their driver was in a physical and mental condition to undertake the journeys allocated to him so as not to put himself or others at risk.