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Jo asks Minister to meet constituent about impact of sleep disorders on driver safety
Thursday, 15 September 2011 16:35

m25Joseph Johnson: Daniel Upcraft and his fiancée Nicola were hit by a heavy lorry while queuing in traffic on the M25 last April. Daniel was left with very serious brain injuries and Nicola tragically lost her life. The driver of the lorry was found to have had undiagnosed sleep apnoea and the Crown Prosecution Service dropped the case against him. Will the Minister please agree to meet Daniel's mother, Carole, my constituent, who is running a campaign to raise awareness of the impact of sleep apnoea on drivers' ability to maintain vigilance?

Mike Penning: It would be a pleasure to meet the family, and I praise the work they are doing. This tragic loss was the result of a medical condition that is very difficult to diagnose, and we need to do a lot of work prior to diagnosis so that people are not driving with this terrible illness.

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