A building site supervisor was cleared today of causing the death of an octogenarian pedestrian in a road accident before Christmas two years ago.
Mateusz Salamaj, 33, had been accused of failing to notice Chris Morrison, 85, as the old man crossed Cowane Street, Stirling.The front of his Renault Megane hit Mr Morrison who was thrown against the car and onto the road, and died at the scene.Prosecutors alleged that the accident happened because Mr Sajamaj's car, while otherwise in good working order, had a "grimy" windscreen which restricted his view.Falkirk Sheriff Court heard, however, that police accident investigators had not had the right conditions to replicate the low sun glare which, it was alleged, exacerbated the effect of a
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