A MAN crashed his left-hand drive road sweeper and died on the first morning he had driven it, an inquest heard last week.
Robert Page, 31, of Hopton Road, Barningham, drifted out into the middle of the A1307, in Great Abington, and hit a traffic island, causing his large sweeper lorry to lift into the air and crash down on its side.
He suffered a severe head injury in the collision, which caused him to die instantly.
Speaking about the fact Mr Page was driving a left-hand driving vehicle, collision investigator Pc Francis Crawford said: "The driver's inexperience of that type of vehicle may be a contributing factor."
The inquest, held at Shire Hall, Cambridge, last...
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