Bosses blame dead miners for tragedy.Byline: By BILLY PATERSON COAL bosses admitted causing the deaths of two miners - then tried to blame the dead men. Colin Ferguson For the Canadian actor, see . Colin Ferguson (born January 14, 1958, Kingston, Jamaica) was convicted of murdering six people and injuring nineteen others on the Long Island Rail Road in Garden City, New York on December 7, 1993. , 37, and Brian French, 48, were in a Land Rover See LANRover. crushed by a 100-ton truck at Pennyvenie open cast mine near Dalmellington, Ayrshire. Scottish Coal last week pleaded guilty to breaking health and safety laws. But their lawyer Hugh Neilson told Ayr Sheriff Court "human error" was partly to blame because the men should have picked up a working radio before getting in to the Land Rover. His comments enraged their families. Brian's widow Lorna, 49, of Kelloholm, Dumfriesshire said: "Scottish Coal admitted the charge yet it sounds like they are now trying to pass the buck Pass the Buck may refer to:
The family of Colin, of Prestwick, called for a change in the law. Scottish Coal made no comment on the case. They face an unlimited fine on Tuesday over the tragedy last February. CAPTION(S): Guilty: Coal bosses take blame this month |
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