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Halfords fined £600,000 after tyre fitter killed during roadside repair

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“Halfords fined £600,000 after tyre fitter killed during roadside repair”

A Halfords branch has been fined £600,000 after a young tyre fitter was fatally crushed by a truck while performing a roadside repair on the M56. Niall Fawcett, from Talke, Staffordshire, was killed on August 2, 2024, after being dispatched to change a blown-out tyre on a slip road at junction 7 of the motorway in Cheshire. The Redditch-based company, Halfords Commercial Fleet Services Limited, previously trading as Lodge Tyre Company Limited, admitted breaching health and safety law at a…

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