BIN LORRY DRIVER ROSS WALLACE SENTENCED AFTER KILLING BOY IN EDINBURGH
A bin lorry driver has been sentenced to 133 hours of unpaid work and banned from driving for a year for causing the death of a child.Ross Wallace, 29, admitted hitting 11-year-old Thomas Wong while driving a refuse truck in Edinburgh in March last year.
Thomas was cycling on the pavement to school when he was struck by the truck at the exit of a golf club in Cramond.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Last month Wallace pled guilty to causing the child's death by driving without due care and attention.
The court heard that Wallace had used his mobile phone several times while driving the lorry before the crash.
This had occurred earlier in the day and it had no bearing on the collision involving the child.
The court was also shown footage of the incident including a video of Wallace from inside the cab as he drove out of the car park.
By the end of the video, he had heard shouts from colleagues and pulled over.
Another video showed an outside view of the vehicle as Wallace turned left onto the main road.
The sheriff said the sentence took into account the fact that this was Wallace's first offence and that he was suffering 'extreme remorse' over what had happened.
